Overview
- The Economic Offences Wing submitted a chargesheet on December 24 in FIR No. 17/2020 against Jumbom Riba for an international online cheating and impersonation scheme, producing it in absentia under Section 512 CrPC before the Judge Small Causes, Srinagar.
- In that case, a victim sent about ₹26.25 lakh after being contacted by a woman calling herself Christiana who claimed ties to Abbot Pharmaceutical UK and offered a dealership for a product named Agasina Nut.
- Investigators said forged identity documents were used to open multiple bank accounts in names such as Tabu Juli and Aisha Kholi, with transaction analysis showing rapid inter‑bank transfers and cash withdrawals without legitimate income sources.
- On December 25, EOW filed a chargesheet in FIR No. 54/2023 against Fouzia Afzal, a Class‑IV employee in the Deputy Commissioner’s office, before the 4th Additional Munsiff Judge, Srinagar, over a fake job and land allotment operation.
- The probe found forged signatures of the Additional Deputy Commissioner and a fake District Magistrate seal on bogus allotment and appointment orders; EOW concluded the case as proved, noted Afzal’s suspension and a recommendation for premature retirement, and cited IPC Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and IT Act Section 66‑D across the investigations.