SRINAGAR, Aug. 29 -- A BJP leader was booked on cheating and fraud charges in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Friday, police said.
Anantnag Police has registered the case based on a written complaint filed by Waheed Ahmad Itoo, a resident of Hassan Noor in Aishmuqam, who is currently residing at Government Degree College Boys Hostel in Khanabal.
In his complaint, Itoo alleged that Aabid Hussain Nengroo, a resident of Krandigam in Bijbehara, induced him into paying Rs 8.25 lakh by promising to secure him the job of a special police officer and the permission to install tents in Pahalgam during the Amarnath Yatra using his political clout, a police spokesperson said.
Nengroo is the BJP's district general secretary in Anantnag.
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