Crime Branch Files Chargesheet in Overseas Employment Fraud Case

Srinagar, Apr 1: The Special Crime Wing of Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against an accused in connection with an alleged overseas job fraud case.

The chargesheet, filed before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar in FIR No. 02/2025, invokes Sections 420 (cheating) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code against Farhat Abbas Malik, a resident of Tendala in Tehsil Chilipingal of Doda district.

The case was registered following a complaint by an individual who had been searching for employment opportunities abroad after losing his job during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this period, the complainant came into contact with an establishment operating under the name “Fly High Business Consultant,” allegedly run by the accused.

According to the investigation, the accused induced the complainant with assurances of securing a lucrative overseas job and, on this pretext, obtained a significant amount of money along with the complainant’s original documents.

Investigators found that the accused neither arranged the promised job nor returned the money, thereby allegedly defrauding the complainant. Evidence collected during the probe indicated that the accused had knowingly misled the victim for wrongful financial gain.

During questioning, the accused is stated to have admitted receiving money from the complainant on the promise of facilitating employment abroad but failed to honour the commitment. He further disclosed that the complainant’s passport had been lost, leading to the addition of Section 201 IPC in the case.

The accused was arrested during the course of investigation, and his bail plea was rejected by the court. He is currently lodged in Central Jail Srinagar.

The chargesheet has been submitted before the competent court for judicial determination of the case.