The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch J&K has filed a chargesheet before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar against the then In-charge Superintendent Engineer, now retired, of the J&K State Power Development Corporation for allegedly forging his date of birth, officials said on Monday
The FIR was registered in 2015 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 201 RPC against the Superintendent Engineer.
Officials of the EOW said upon receipt of a written complaint alleging manipulation of the date of birth in the service records of the then I/C Superintendent Engineer, J&K State Power Development Corporation, a probe was initiated at Police Station Crime Branch Kashmir -now Economic Offences Wing Kashmir.
Investigation revealed that the accused fraudulently manipulated his date of birth in official service records from 28-10-1955 to 28-10-1958 in order to secure undue service benefits. The manipulation was confirmed through FSL Srinagar and J&K BOSE verification reports.
The accused also destroyed his original service book to conceal evidence, leading to invocation of Section 201 RPC, the officials said.
The investigation in the instant case was concluded as proved against him, and accordingly the chargesheet was submitted before the Court of Law for judicial determination.
