Srinagar, July 21: Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) on Friday said it produced a chargesheet against nine accused persons for their alleged involvement in fraudulently securing jobs in SKIMS Soura.
In a statement issued here, the CBK said its Economic Offences Wing, Srinagar produced the charge report in a case FIR No. 26/2015 u/Ss 420, 468, 471 & 120-B RPC of P/S Crime Branch Kashmir against nine persons for their alleged involvement in “fraudulently securing jobs in SKIMS Soura after having committed criminal conspiracy, cheating, and forgery of certificates, etc”.
“The case owes its origin to an official communication received by Crime Branch Kashmir from the Director, SKIMS Soura who complained that pursuant to SKIMS Soura order No. SIMS-23 (P) of 2015, among others, (i) Shakoor Ahmad Tantray S/o Mohammad Yousuf Tantray R/o Ponipora Kulgam; (ii) Mohammad Shahid Murtaza S/o Mohammad Shaban Dar R/o Wanpora Kulgam; (iii) Shazia Hassan D/o Gh. Hassan R/o Kulpora Srandoo Kulgam; (iv) Mudasir Bashir Sofi S/o Bashir Ahmad Sofi R/o Noorbagh Kulgam and (v) Shameem Ahmad Naik S/o Hamidullah Naik R/o Banimullah Kulgam were appointed as Nursing Orderlies subject to verification/ genuineness of their academic credentials/ D.O.B. certificates, etc,” the statement reads.
However, as per the verification report furnished by the Joint Secretary (Verification), J&K State Board of School Education, Kashmir, it transpired that the academic/ Date of Birth certificates submitted by the above-named individuals were fake and forged, the probe body said, adding that a case FIR No. 26 of 2015 was registered in Police Station Crime Branch Kashmir and an investigation was started to probe into the allegations.
During the investigation, it was determined that in addition to the five accused individuals named above, two more individuals – Aamir Hassan Khan S/o Ghulam Hassan Khan R/o Badrakund Ganderbal and Jehangir Ahmad Dar S/o Gh. Hassan Dar R/o Ashmuji Kulgam had also produced fake/forged certificates for securing the said job in SKIMS Soura, the CBK said, adding, “It also came to the fore during the investigation that two persons – Rashid-ul-Hassan Gojjar S/o Gh. Hassan R/o Aarigutnoo Kulgam and Mohammad Akbar Lone (now deceased) S/o Gh. Rasool Lone R/o Gund Fatehpora Anantnag – were responsible for forging and fabrication of the marks cards for monetary considerations.”
The evidence collected during the investigation has established the individual and collective criminal culpability and proved that offenses punishable U/Ss 420, 468, 471 & 120-B RPC have been committed by the nine accused persons, the Crime Branch Kashmir said, adding that the charge report (challan) of the instant case was presented before the Court of Forest Magistrate, Srinagar for judicial determination.
