Srinagar, September 2(KNS): The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of the Crime Branch J&K has filed a charge sheet against five persons for allegedly forging appointment, transfer and relieving orders in the Education Department, officials said.
The charge sheet was filed before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Budgam, in connection with FIR No. 36/2021 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 201 and 120-B of the RPC.
The accused have been identified as Nisar Ahmad Bhat, a teacher from Tral in Pulwama, Shakir Gull of Kachdoora in Shopian, Mohammad Ayaz Rather of Takipora in Shopian, Sheikh Ruhail Ahmad of Kachdoora in Shopian and Tanveer Ahmad Rather of Khudpora Mowgam in Anantnag, the Crime Branch said.
The case was registered after the Directorate of School Education Kashmir reported that three persons had joined as teachers in Zone Nagam, Charar-i-Sharief, Budgam, on the basis of purported transfer and adjustment orders allegedly issued by the Director of School Education Kashmir.
During the investigation, the orders were found to bear forged signatures as well as fabricated order numbers and dispatch and endorsement numbers, according to the Crime Branch.
Records obtained from the Zonal Education Office, Nagam, and the Chief Education Officer, Budgam, confirmed that Mohammad Ayaz Rather, Sheikh Ruhail Ahmad and Tanveer Ahmad Rather had been transferred or adjusted on the basis of the questioned documents, it said.
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Verification with the Directorate of School Education Kashmir further revealed that its order book had been closed on December 31, 2019, establishing that the order and endorsement numbers mentioned in the documents were fictitious, the agency said.
The investigation also found that the three accused who had allegedly joined as teachers had never been appointed anywhere in the Education Department, according to the Crime Branch.
The agency alleged that Nisar Ahmad Bhat and Shakir Gull acted as facilitators and intermediaries, while Bhat arranged the means and machinery used for fabricating and printing the forged official documents.
The allegations were found substantiated during the investigation and the charge sheet was subsequently filed before the court for judicial determination, the Crime Branch said.
The EOW Kashmir has advised people to remain vigilant against such economic frauds and report suspicious activities to the SSP, EOW Kashmir.
Victims can also lodge complaints through email at [sspeow-kmr@jkpolice.gov.in](mailto:sspeow-kmr@jkpolice.gov.in), it said.(KNS).
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