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Srinagar- The crime branch of police on Friday presented a chargesheet against nine persons for securing jobs at the SK institute of medical sciences (SKIMS) Soura with fake and forged certificates.
The chargesheet was produced by the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) of the crime branch before the Court of Forest Magistrate, Srinagar against nine persons for their alleged involvement in fraudulently securing jobs in SKIMS Soura after having committed criminal conspiracy, cheating, and forgery of certificates.
The case FIR No 26/2015 u/Ss 420, 468, 471 & 120-B RPC was filed against them in 2015 at the police station, Crime Branch Kashmir.
Giving details of the case, an official spokesperson said that Crime Branch Kashmir received an official communication from the Director, SKIMS Soura, seeking verification of the academic credentials/ D.O.B. certificates submitted by Shakoor Ahmad Tantray, Mohammad Shahid Murtaza, Shazia Hassan, Mudasir Bashir Sofi and Shameem Ahmad Naik, who were appointed as nursing orderlies.
However, he said, as per the verification report furnished by the Joint Secretary (Verification), J&K State Board of School Education, Kashmir it transpired that the academic/ D.O.B. certificates submitted by the individuals were fake and forged.
Accordingly, the spokesperson said, Case FIR No. 26 of 2015 came to be registered in P/S Crime Branch Kashmir and investigation was started to probe into the allegations.
During investigation, he said, it was determined that, in addition to the five accused, two more men Aamir Hassan Khan and Jehangir Ahmad Dar had also produced fake and forged certificates for securing the job at SKIMS.
“It also came to fore during investigation that two persons, viz., 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 spokesperson said.
He further said that the evidence collected during investigation has established individual and collective criminal culpability and proved that offences punishable U/Ss 420, 468, 471 & 120-B RPC have been committed by the nine accused persons.
“Accordingly, charge-report of the instant case has been presented before the Court of Forest Magistrate, Srinagar for judicial determination,” the spokesperson added.