Crime Branch Kashmir Files Chargesheet in Massive Fake Job and Land Allotment Scam

SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 25, 2025: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a comprehensive chargesheet against Fouzia Afzal, a Class-IV employee formerly posted at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Srinagar, for her involvement in an extensive fraud network.

The chargesheet, presented before the Court of the 4th Additional Munsiff Judge, Srinagar, under FIR No. 54/2023, invokes several sections of the IPC including 419 (impersonation), 420 (cheating), and 467, 468, and 471 (forgery). Investigations revealed that the accused orchestrated a sophisticated scam by issuing fake allotment orders for commercial shops at Jehangir Chowk and residential plots in Bemina, as well as fraudulent appointment orders for Junior Assistant positions in various government departments.

The probe by EOW Kashmir uncovered that Afzal frequently impersonated high-ranking officials from the Srinagar Municipal Corporation, the Divisional Commissioner’s Office, and the Deputy Commissioner’s Office to gain the trust of her victims.

To make the fraud appear legitimate, she provided victims with documents bearing forged seals of the District Magistrate and fabricated signatures of the Additional Deputy Commissioner.

Having duped unemployed youth and poor citizens of lakhs of rupees, Afzal was identified as a habitual offender with multiple FIRs registered against her across various police stations in Srinagar. Following a departmental inquiry that recommended her premature retirement under Article 226(2) of the J&K Service Conduct Rules, she remains under suspension as the case moves toward judicial adjudication.