Srinagar/Jammu, Aug. 2 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in a case involving the embezzlement of Rs 3.11 crore from the Central Co-operative Bank, officials said on Saturday.

The chargesheet has been submitted to the court of the chief judicial magistrate in Handwara under Sections 420, 468, 471, and 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code. These sections pertain to offences including cheating, forgery, the use of forged documents, and criminal conspiracy, officials added.

They said the investigation was undertaken based on a written communication received from the then registrar of co-operative societies, J-K, alleging large-scale financial irregularities and embezzlement in various branches...