Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Kashmir Crime Branch Chargesheets Habitual Offender in Job Fraud Case
Investigators in Kashmir say Abdul Majeed Mir tricked someone who wanted a government job.
They allege he took lakhs of rupees from the complainant.
They also say he gave the person a fake appointment letter.
The letter was supposedly issued by the head of Jammu and Kashmir Bank.
The Economic Offences Wing investigated the complaint.
Officials said the evidence supported the allegations.
A chargesheet has now been submitted to a court.
Mir has been arrested and is being held in jail while the court considers the case.
The Economic Offences Wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch filed a chargesheet against Abdul Majeed Mir.
Mir allegedly took lakhs of rupees by promising the complainant a government job.
Investigators allege he supplied a forged appointment order purportedly issued by the chairman and CEO of Jammu and Kashmir Bank.
The chargesheet was filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate under FIR No. 18/2026 and various Ranbir Penal Code sections.
Officials said Mir has been involved in 15 criminal cases, was arrested on July 18, and is held in Central Jail.
- Who
- The Economic Offences Wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch filed the chargesheet against Abdul Majeed Mir, a resident of Lashtiyal Kalaroos in Kupwara district.
- What
- Mir was chargesheeted in an alleged government-job fraud involving money and a forged appointment order.
- When
- The chargesheet was reported on August 22; officials said Mir was arrested on July 18.
- Where
- The chargesheet was filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Srinagar, and Mir is lodged in Central Jail.
- Why
- Officials said the investigation found the allegations—that Mir took money by promising a government job and provided a forged appointment order—to be true.
- Accused
- Abdul Majeed Mir
- Investigating agency
- Economic Offences Wing, Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch
- Case
- FIR No. 18/2026
- Allegation
- Taking lakhs of rupees on the promise of providing a government job
- Alleged document
- A forged appointment order purportedly issued by the chairman and CEO of Jammu and Kashmir Bank
- Court
- Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate
- Previous cases
- Officials said Mir has been involved in 15 criminal cases across the valley