EOW Kashmir Files Charge Sheets in Three Fraud Cases Over Three Days

Overview

• The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir submitted final reports to magistrate courts in three separate cases between December 18 and 20.
• In FIR No. 08/2024, investigators charged Ishrat Bano and Gulzar Ahmad Wani over an alleged ₹11 lakh fake government job promise, with the case filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Budgam.
• In the Railway recruitment case (FIR No. 08/2025), three people, including original complainant Mufti Ghulam Hassan Kumar, were chargesheeted for using forged appointment letters bearing fabricated Northern Railway seals.
• The land-fraud case (FIR No. 02/2025) alleges a ₹50 lakh deceit in which accessible land was shown but inaccessible wetland under a different survey number was sold, with four accused sent up before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar.
• The cases invoke cheating, forgery, and criminal conspiracy provisions, and the EOW says court adjudication will follow under final reports filed pursuant to Section 173 of the CrPC.