Srinagar, Nov. 11 -- The economic offences wing (EOW) of the J&K crime branch has filed a chargesheet in absentia against a 48-year-old Srinagar resident accused of posing as a criminal investigation department (CID) officer and defrauding several people on the pretext of securing government jobs and official transfers.

The accused, Ghulam Hassan Dar of Dhobi Ghat, Hazratbal, is currently on the run.

The chargesheet was submitted before the court of sub-judge, Srinagar, under FIR Number 24 of 2023 for offences under Sections 420 (cheating) and 468 (forgery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), along with Section 512 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) due to his absconding status.

According to sources, the case stems from a written com...