Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 20: The Crime Branch Kashmir today produced a Preliminary charge-sheet against the accused in National Scholarship Portal for merit-cum-means scholarship scam.
“CB today produced preliminary charge-sheet against accused Selim Sheikh R/o West Bengal in case FIR No. 04/2020 U/S 420, 468,120-B, 201 RPC and 66 (D) IT Act before the Hon’ble Anti-corruption Court Srinagar for uploading fake application forms on the National Scholarship portal for merit-cum-means scholarship,” Crime Branch said in a statement.
The accused Salem Sheik from West Bengal who was apprehended and brought to Kashmir by a Crime Branch Kashmir team headed by a DySP for his involvement in uploading fake application forms on the national scholarship portal for merit-cum-means scholarship under minority quota for J&K Students during the year 2018-19 for district Kulgam.
“Subsequently, fake verifications were conducted from the institutes which did not exist in the States mentioned in the application forms,” Crime Branch said.
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