Father-son duo forged school leaving certificate for Govt job; 2 charge-sheeted: CB Jammu

JAMMU, October 16: Economic Offences Wing – Crime Branch Jammu charge-sheeted accused father-son duo (1) Mukhtyar Ahmed S/o Bashir Ahmed R/o Village- Sunderpur Tehsil R.S Pura A/P Rajiv Nagar Nirwal Bala Jammu (2) Bashir Ahmed S/o Kasim Din R/o Village Sunderpur Tehsil R.S Pura District Jammu in Case FIR No. 26/2023 U/S 420/467/468/471/120-B/ RPC P/S Crime Branch Jammu for their involvement in hatching criminal conspiracy in forging / preparing false school leaving certificate and managing a Govt. job in the Power Development Department of J&K and thereby causing losses to the Government Exchequer.

Brief facts of the case are that a written complaint was lodged by one Sarfarz Ahmed S/o Bashir Ahmed of Village Sunderpur, Tehsil R.S Pura District Jammu where-in the complainant after obtaining information from the Chief Education Officer Jammu under Right to Information Act- 2005, had alleged that the school leaving certificate issued in favour of accused Mukhtyar Ahmed S/o Bashir Ahmed in the year 1979, was not genuine and admission No.1311 existed in the name of one Nazia Bano D/o Naseer Ahmed as such the school leaving certificate produced by Mukhtyar Ahmed in the Power Development department is fake, thereby cheating the PDD J&K by obtaining Govt. job in that department.

On receipt of the complaint, a preliminary verification was initiated and the allegations were prima-facie established and subsequently, the instant case was registered for in-depth investigation. Relevant record was obtained / seized from concerned School and Power Development Department of J&K, statement of witnesses recorded, Circumstantial and other Material evidence was gathered against the accused and it has been found that the accused Mukhtyar Ahmed in connivance with his father hatched criminal conspiracy in forging /preparing a fake document to seek a Govt. Job. Therefore, offences u/s 420//467/468/471/120-B/RPC have been proved/established against the accused and charge- sheet has been produced in the Court of law for judicial determination.

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