CBK Charges Four in Corruption, Forgery Case

SRINAGAR: The Economic Offences Wing, Srinagar (Crime Branch Kashmir) has filed a charge-sheet in Case FIR No. 15/2022 before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, against four individuals, including a former patwari, on charges of corruption, forgery, cheating, and criminal misconduct.

The case originated from a complaint by the branch head of Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Residency Road, Srinagar, who alleged that the accused had used forged revenue documents to secure an overdraft facility of Rs 29 lakh, which was later misappropriated. The bank approached the Crime Branch, which registered the case in 2022.

The investigation found that Mohammad Amin Rah, Fayaz Ahmad Rah, and Gulzar Ahmad Rah — all residents of Housing Colony, Channapora, Srinagar — along with Syed Khurshid Amin Shah of Watalbagh Lar, Ganderbal, had prepared the forged documents. At the time of the offence, Shah was serving as a patwari.

Officials said Shah is also an accused in another case — FIR No. 79/2022 — registered under similar offences, including sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The probe concluded that offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 472, 201, and 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code were established against the accused, leading to the filing of the charge-sheet for judicial determination.