Overview
- Crime Branch Kashmir registered the new case after a complaint alleging a ring that lured applicants with promises of government jobs.
- Investigators say the accused collected about ₹39 lakh from multiple aspirants and issued forged appointment orders.
- The case invokes RPC Sections 420, 468, 472 and 120-B, and verification confirmed the supplied documents were fake.
- Probes also cover the use of SIM cards registered to other people to hide communications, according to the EOW.
- The action follows a separate case against a former police employee accused of taking roughly ₹23 lakh with forged job papers, with identities undisclosed and investigations ongoing.