Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 1: The Special Crime Wing of the Crime Branch, J&K, today filed a chargesheet against an accused in an alleged overseas job scam.
In a statement issued here, the Crime Branch said the chargesheet in FIR No. 02/2025 has been filed under Sections 420 and 201 of the IPC against Farhat Abbas Malik, a resident of Tendala in Doda district, before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar.
According to the statement, the case came to light after a complaint was lodged by an individual who had been searching for a job abroad after losing employment during the COVID-19 period.
During this process, he came into contact with an office operating under the name “Fly High Business Consultant,” allegedly run by the accused.
The accused allegedly promised to arrange a well-paying job overseas and, on this pretext, convinced the complainant to pay a substantial amount of money and submit his original documents, including his passport.
“Investigation established that the accused had cheated the complainant by making false promises of overseas employment. He neither arranged the job nor returned the money,” the agency said.
It added that the evidence revealed the accused had deliberately misled the complainant for wrongful financial gain.
During questioning, the agency said, the accused admitted to receiving money on the promise of arranging a job abroad but failed to fulfil the commitment.
He also disclosed that the complainant’s original passport had been lost.
In view of the disappearance of an important document, Section 201 IPC was added.”
The accused was arrested during the investigation, and his bail application was rejected by the court. He is presently lodged in Central Jail, Srinagar.
The chargesheet has been filed before the competent court for judicial determination, the Crime Branch said.
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