SRINAGAR: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch has filed a chargesheet against a “habitual offender” in a job fraud case, officials said on Saturday.
The chargesheet was filed against Abdul Majeed Mir, a resident of Lashtiyal Kalaroos area of Kupwara district, before the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in FIR No. 18/2026 under various sections of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), the officials said.
According to the complaint received in the case, the accused had cheated the complainant of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of providing him with a government job and, in furtherance of the said deception, had furnished him with a forged appointment order purportedly issued by the chairman/CEO of J&K Bank.
A probe was ordered and based on the facts and evidence brought on record during the investigation, the allegations were found to be true, the officials said.
Consequently, the chargesheet has been presented before the court for judicial determination, they said.
Mir has been involved in 15 criminal cases across the valley. He was arrested on July 18 and is lodged in the Central Jail here, they said.
