Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 7: Despite the receipt of report from Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) police is yet to act and arrest the person who managed to issue cheques by forging the signatures of Principal District Institute of Education and Trainings (DIET) Kulgam and withdrew more than one lakh rupees from the State ex-chequer in July 2012.
“We had received the FSL report some days back but we returned it since it did not conform to our requirements. We have requested the FSL authorities to get the hand-writing checked from the experts. Once the experts give their opinion then only we can catch hold of the person who has carried out the fraud,” said Muzaffar Ahmad, Station House Officer, Kulgam.
The SHO said that they have requested the FSL authorities to expedite the process of verification from the expert so that the case is taken to the logical conclusion. He said since many cases are pending before the FSL it would take at least one month for them to send the complete FSL report as desired by Police Station, Kulgam.
It would be in place to mention here that Police Station, Kulgam has already registered FIR 130/2012 dated 7-8-2012 against Mohammad Yaqub (peon) and Javed Ahmad (Senior Assistant) DIET Kulgam following complaint from then Principal DIET, Kulgam, Mohammad Abdullah Shah that some cheques have been issued without his knowledge. Shah had pointed fingers towards Yaqub and Javed and following this FIR was lodged against them.
Shah wrote an application to SHO Kulgam that cheques numbering 33588299, 33588300 and 33588293 of Rs. 49,200, Rs. 9,500 and Rs. 50,000 respectively were issued from account number 5201/SB maintained at Jammu and Kashmir Bank, TP Kulgam either by Yaqub himself or under some other person’s influence in July last year. He wrote that two more cheques numbering 34882135 and 34882119 amounting to Rs. 10,800 and Rs. 5,000 respectively were also issued by Yaqub from account number CD 2408 being maintained at Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Kulgam.
Later Yaqub made a statement that the cheques were handed over to him by Shah for encashment. Yaqub’s signature was tallied with the signatures on the cheques and it matched. The misspelling on the cheques raised doubts and following this Kulgam Police Station registered FIR number 130/2012 on August 7 against Yaqub under Sections 420 and 406 of PRC.
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