Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar Aug 27: Economic Offences Wing Srinagar of Crime Branch Kashmir today produced a charge-sheet in a case of duping by a person who was securing admission for his children.
The case (FIR No. 06/2023 u/s 420 IPC of P/S EOW-Srinagar Crime Branch Kashmir) was registered against Fayaz Ahmad Rather son of Ghulam Hassan Rather of Aglar Chirat, Shopian, proprietor of M/S Fayaz International Education Consultancy, Abi Guzar, Srinagar, before the Court of Passenger Tax Srinagar for his alleged involvement in commission of offences punishable under Section 420 of IPC.
The Crime Branch Kashmir had received a written complaint wherein it was alleged that Fayaz Ahmad Rathe had duped the complainant by making false assurances that he would secure admission of the complainant’s daughter and son in the PG course in Medicine in the year 2021.
“Towards this end, the accused individual had demanded and received an amount of Rs. 25 lakh from the complainant. However, the accused individual had neither managed to secure admission of the complainant’s children in the assured course nor had he returned the money to the complainant. Accordingly, the instant case was registered in P/S Economic Offences Wing Srinagar (Crime Branch Kashmir) in the year 2023 and investigation started,” the CBK said in a statment.
“Irrefutable evidence gathered during investigation of the instant case has established and proved the criminal act of cheating by the accused individual. The charge-sheet has accordingly been presented before the court of competent jurisdiction on 25 August, 2023 for judicial determination,” reads the statement.
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