The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against a Srinagar-based education consultant for allegedly cheating several job aspirants by promising overseas employment in Bahrain, officials said on Friday.
The chargesheet in the 2021 case was filed against Fayaz Ahmad Zarger, a resident of Aali Kadal, Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, for offences of cheating and forgery.
According to the EoW, the case was registered following a written complaint alleging that the accused, who operated M/s HR Choice International Education Consultancy at Karanagar, Srinagar, induced the complainant with false assurances of securing employment in Bahrain.
Investigation revealed that the accused allegedly used the same modus operandi to cheat several other job aspirants. He is accused of collecting lakhs of rupees from the victims and providing forged job offer letters, visas, air tickets and other fabricated documents to convince them that employment had been arranged.
To make the scheme appear genuine, the victims were allegedly made to undergo online interviews and medical examinations and execute agreements. However, no jobs were ultimately provided, and the money collected from the victims was neither refunded nor returned.
The crime branch said the allegations were substantiated during the course of the investigation.
After completion of the required legal formalities, the chargesheet was presented before the competent court for judicial determination, EoW said.
