JAMMU, DECEMBER 27: Crime Branch on Monday booked a daily rated worker of Forest Division Kishtwar for getting government job on the basis of Dane school leaving cum date of birth certificate.
Identified as Shamsher Singh of Rara Zpani in Paddar area of Kishtwar district, a few others who helped him in getting the job too have been booked.
The case owes its origin to a written complaint forwarded to Crime Branch Jammu by the Chief Conservator of Forests, Jammu which he had received along with the allied documents from the Conservator of Forests Chenab Circle in Doda. The complainant was filed by one Bodh Raj Sham Lal of Tatapani alleging that the suspect had managed his School Leaving Certificates from two different Schools – Govt. Girls Primary School Tata Pani and Govt. High School Paddar, both mentioning different dates of birth of the accused as 06-08-1955 and 12-08-1960 respectively.
The suspect fraudulently managed his engagement as a daily wager in Forest Division Kishtwar which amounts to the crime of cheating with the department. The matter was also got enquired into through a committee constituted by Divisional Forest Officer Kishtwar which substantiated the allegations levelled against the suspect.
The accused in connivance with others has intentionally and deliberately prepared fake and forged School Leaving Certificates for taking illegal benefit, thereby causing wrongful loss to Govt. Exchequer and wrongful gain to himself.
The omissions and commissions on the part of the suspect Shamsher Sing Charan Dass and others prima facie constitute offences punishable u/s 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC. Accordingly, a formal case is registered in P/S Crime Branch, for in-depth investigation.