The Special Crime Wing of Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against a Doda resident in an alleged job fraud case involving false promises of overseas employment, officials said on Wednesday.
The chargesheet was filed in a case registered in 2025 under Sections 420 and 201 IPC against Farhat Abbas Malik, a resident of Tendala, Chirpingal in District Doda, before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar.
Officials said the case surfaced after a complaint was lodged by a person who had been searching for a job abroad after losing employment during the COVID-19 period. During his search, he came into contact with an office operating under the name “Fly High Business Consultant,” allegedly run by the accused.
The accused reportedly promised to arrange a well-paying overseas job and, on this pretext, persuaded the complainant to pay a substantial amount of money and submit his original documents.
Investigation revealed that the accused had cheated the complainant by making false promises of overseas employment. He neither arranged the job nor returned the money. Evidence collected during the probe showed that the accused had deliberately misled the complainant for wrongful financial gain.
Officials said during questioning, the accused admitted to receiving money from the complainant on the promise of arranging a job abroad but failed to fulfil the commitment. He also disclosed that the complainant’s original passport had been lost. Consequently, Section 201 IPC, related to disappearance of evidence, was added to the case.
The accused was arrested during the investigation and his bail was rejected by the court. He is currently lodged in Central Jail Srinagar. The chargesheet has now been filed before the competent court for judicial determination.
