Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 25: The Crime Branch Kashmir today produced chargesheet, before a Court in Srinagar, against eight government employees for producing fake Date of Birth certificates during their initial appointment in Government Services’.
The Economic Offences Wing Srinagar of the CBK in a statement issued here said that a charge-sheet in Case FIR No. 28/2021 of P/S Crime Branch Kashmir was produced against eight accused individuals before the Court of City Munsiff Srinagar for their alleged involvement in commission of offences punishable under Sections 420, 420/511, 202, 468 & 471 of RPC.
Citing the brief facts of the case, the statement reads that Crime Branch Kashmir had received a complaint from the Agriculture Production Department on the basis of a report generated by Director Agriculture Kashmir alleging therein that 12 officials of the department had submitted fake D.O.B. certificates at the time of their initial appointment in Government service.
“Accordingly, the instant case was registered in P/S Crime Branch Kashmir in the year 2021 and investigation started.”
During investigation, the statement reads, it has been established that eight out of the twelve accused individuals have cheated the Department by submitting fake/ forged D.O.B. certificates at the time of their initial appointment; as a result of the deceit they continued to remain in Government service and unlawfully derived the benefits of employment beyond their actual age of retirement on superannuation.
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