Srinagar, Dec. 26 -- The Kashmir crime branch has filed a chargesheet against a government employee, working at Srinagar DC office, allegedly involved in duping people on the pretext of allotting shops and appointment orders as she issued orders with forged signatures.

Officials said that the economic offences wing (EOW) of crime branch submitted the chargesheet in FIR number 54/2023 under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC before the court of the fourth additional munsiff judge, Srinagar, against the accused Fouzia Afzal , a resident of Rehmatullah Colony, Parimpora, Srinagar.

A spokesperson of the wing said that the case originated from a complaint alleging that the accused, a class 4 employee posted in the office of Srinagar DC,...