Srinagar, March 26 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir on Thursday conducted searches at three locations in Srinagar and Budgam in connection with a COVID-era procurement fraud case involving alleged siphoning of huge government funds.
The searches were conducted in connection with an FIR registered on February 23 at Police Station Economic Offences Wing, Srinagar under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, read with Section 66-D of the IT Act.
The sections pertains to cheating, forgery of valuable documents, use of forged documents as genuine, criminal conspiracy, and cheating by personation using computer resources.
Officials said the house searches conducted were aimed at securing further evidence, including ...