Economic Offence Wing Submits Detailed Charge Sheet on Fraudulent School Posts

The Economic Offence Wing of the Jammu‑Kashmir Crime Branch has formally presented a charge sheet in a case involving bogus appointments within the state’s education department.

The filing names five alleged conspirators – Nisar Ahmad Bhat, Shakir Gul, Mohammad Ayaz Rathore, Sheikh Ruhel Ahmad and Tanveer Ahmad Rathore – and charges them under IPC sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 201 and 120‑B.

The investigation was triggered by a tip from the School Education Director, Kashmir, who learned that three individuals had started teaching duties in the districts of Nagam, Charar‑e‑Sharif and Badgam using transfer and adjustment orders that appeared fraudulent.

Forensic analysis of the documents uncovered forged signatures, fabricated order numbers and false dispatch/endorsement identifiers. Verification with Badgam’s CEO and Nagam’s ZEO corroborated that the transfers of Ayaz Rathore, Ruhel Ahmad and Tanveer Ahmad were based on the same tainted paperwork.

Records from the directorate revealed that the order book had been sealed on 31 December 2019, confirming that the alleged transfer orders could not have been legitimately issued thereafter. Moreover, the three suspects never held an official posting in the education department.

The probe also determined that Nisar Ahmad Bhat and Shakir Gul acted as middlemen, with Bhat arranging the equipment required to print counterfeit government documents.

Having validated the allegations, the Crime Branch has lodged the charge sheet in court and warned the public to report any similar economic deception to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Economic Offences Wing, Kashmir.