The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in a major alleged recruitment fraud case, involving over 1,300 trainees from Kashmir, before a court in Bandipora district, officials said on Tuesday.
The chargesheet in a 2022 FIR registered under Sections 420 and 120-B of the IPC, names Ranjeet Prasad, Director of True Dreams Project India Pvt. Ltd., accusing him of duping trainees by collecting registration fees on the promise of salaried employment that never materialised.
EoW said the case originated from a written complaint alleging that TDPI, through its Director Ranjeet Prasad, a resident of Maksudpur, Gopalganj, Bihar conducted a recruitment campaign , during which around 1,300 trainees were engaged through company representatives in Kashmir.
It was alleged that the trainees were promised a monthly salary ranging from Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 12,000, but were instead required to deposit Rs. 2,400 per trainee as a registration fee.
Investigators said that despite collecting the said amount, no salary was paid to the trainees.
During the course of investigation, it was prima facie established that several innocent students were allegedly cheated and defrauded on the pretext of providing tuition and employment opportunities.
The acts and omissions on the part of the accused disclose offences punishable under Sections 420 and 120-B IPC.
The investigation, supported by both oral and documentary evidence, has been concluded as proved against the accused Ranjeet Prasad EoW said as the accused failed to cooperate with the investigating agency and could not be traced at the given address, the chargesheet was submitted in Court of Sub-Judge, Sumbal, in absentia by initiating proceedings under Section 512 CrPC.
