Srinagar Police busted a fake job racket and arrested three persons who duped people in the name of providing government jobs against heavy cash payments siphoning crores of rupees from them.
On December 15, Police Station Ram Munshi Bagh received a complaint from one Abdul Rashid Mir, resident of Nihalpora Pattan that he along with other 17 persons have been duped by three men identified by him as Mushtaq Ahmad Gania of Kulgam, Fayaz Ahmad Dar @Aijaz of Pattan Baramullah and one Sham Lal @Manhas of Jammu. He claimed that about 57 lac rupees have been given by them to these three men on the promise of providing government jobs. Appointment letters were provided in different Government Offices by these three persons, which later proved fake.
Upon receiving the complaint Police Station RM Bagh registered an FIR 124/2017 U/S 420, 468, 471 and started the investigation. Fake appointment letters with government Departmental Logo’s, service books with fake seal and signature of government officials, relieving and transfer orders were seized.
A special investigation team was formed which raided several places and all the three accused were arrested within three days from Jammu.
During investigation it was revealed that more persons from different parts of valley were involved in the scam, who have duped dozens of other unemployed youth. Accordingly, 3 more persons linked with the scam are being probed into. Identified as Bilal Ahmad Dar resident of Kralkhud, Arshad Ahmad of Sonwar, Abdul Jabbar Hajam of Kupwara – these persons worked as motivators who would entice gullible unemployed youth for governments jobs against huge sum of rupees.
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