The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have busted a fake job racket by arresting five people.
In a statement issued, the police said that on a specific information Baramulla police arrested five persons namely, Hafizulla Lone, son of Gh. Hassan Lone of Diver Lolab, Ashiq Hussain Naik, son of Ghulam Nabi Naik of Kralgund area of Kulgam and Ather-ul-islam, son of Ab Samad Lone of Devar Lolab , Ajaz ahmad lone son of Abdul Gani Lone of Tujer Sopore, and Abdul Rashid Wani, son of Abdul Aziz Wani, a resident of Nagbal Khag Budgam with fake and forged appointment orders in Agriculture Department and registered a criminal case under FIR NO 17/2021 u/s 420,467,468,471/IPC.
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The statement further states that during the course of investigation it came to fore that a gang is operating from Srinagar, Budgam, Baramulla in which two constables of Railway Protection Force Budgam, running a fake Job racket and duped so many persons and collected hefty amounts.
During the course of investigation of the case, five persons have been arrested. Investigation of the case is going on, further arrests and recoveries are expected, reads the statement.