Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Five Booked Over Forged Education Orders in Kashmir
Five people in Kashmir have been accused of using fake education department papers.
The papers were meant to show that three people could work as teachers.
The three people reportedly joined schools in Zone Nagam, Budgam.
Investigators said the papers had fake signatures and numbers.
Officials checked the department’s records and found that the numbers did not match real orders.
The department’s order book had been closed on December 31, 2019.
Investigators also said the three people had never officially been appointed.
A chargesheet has been filed, and the court will decide the case.
The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch chargesheeted five people over allegedly fake Education Department appointment, transfer and relieving orders.
The accused are Nisar Ahmad Bhat, Shakir Gull, Sheikh Ruhail Ahmad, Mohammad Ayaz Rather and Tanveer Ahmad Rather.
Three accused allegedly joined as teachers in Zone Nagam, Charar-i-Sharief, Budgam, using purported transfer or adjustment orders.
Investigators said the documents contained forged signatures and fictitious order, dispatch and endorsement numbers.
The investigation found that the three alleged beneficiaries had never been appointed to the Education Department, while Bhat and Gull allegedly facilitated document fabrication.
- Who
- Nisar Ahmad Bhat, Shakir Gull, Sheikh Ruhail Ahmad, Mohammad Ayaz Rather and Tanveer Ahmad Rather were chargesheeted.
- What
- They were accused of using forged appointment, transfer, adjustment and relieving orders in the Education Department.
- When
- The report was published on September 2; the relevant order book had been closed on December 31, 2019.
- Where
- The alleged teacher appointments involved Zone Nagam, Charar-i-Sharief, Budgam, Kashmir.
- Why
- The alleged documents were used to secure or support teaching positions; investigators said Bhat and Gull facilitated their fabrication.
- Investigating agency
- Economic Offences Wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch
- Court
- Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Budgam
- Accused
- Nisar Ahmad Bhat, Shakir Gull, Sheikh Ruhail Ahmad, Mohammad Ayaz Rather and Tanveer Ahmad Rather
- Alleged beneficiaries
- Sheikh Ruhail Ahmad, Mohammad Ayaz Rather and Tanveer Ahmad Rather
- Alleged document defects
- Forged signatures, order numbers and dispatch/endorsement numbers
- Order-book status
- The Directorate’s relevant order book had been closed on December 31, 2019
- Case status
- Chargesheet filed for judicial determination
