Srinagar, Dec. 12 -- The Special Crime Wing (Crime Branch) Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in FIR No. 07/2022 against a Public Works Department (R&B) employee accused of forging his date of birth to obtain illegal regularization.

In a statement issued ,The chargesheet was submitted before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Handwara, on 11 December 2025.

The case stems from a communication received from the Under Secretary to the Government, Public Works Department (R&B), seeking an investigation into the alleged fake date of birth of Abdul Rashid Lone, son of Mohammad Ahsan Lone, a resident of Chogal, Handwara, working as a Helper in the R&B Division.

An initial enquiry by the Crime Branch revealed that the accused had produce...