The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch, Kashmir, filed a chargesheet before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, against four persons allegedly involved in a job fraud racket in which unemployed youth were duped on the false promise of securing jobs in the Airports Authority of India (AAI), officials said on Wednesday.
The chargesheet was filed in connection with 2018 FIR registered under Sections 420 and 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), read with Section 66(D) of the Information Technology Act.
The chargesheet was filed against Mohit Sharma alias Bhardwaj of Noida, Uttar Pradesh; Mukesh Kumar of New Delhi; Mehmood Khan of Sarita Vihar, New Delhi; and Ram Lakhan of Dumariyaganj, Uttar Pradesh.
According to the Crime Branch, the case was registered after complaints were received from several districts of the Kashmir Valley alleging that the accused had cheated job aspirants by collecting lakhs of rupees from them on the pretext of arranging appointments in the Airports Authority of India.
Officials said the investigation established the allegations against the accused, following which the Economic Offences Wing completed the probe and filed the chargesheet before the competent court for judicial proceedings.
