Srinagar, Dec 6, 2025

Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch said on Saturday that it has filed a chargesheet against two accused in the court in the export fraud case.

A statement by the Crime Branch Kashmir said, “The economic offences wing of the crime branch has filed a chargesheet in a high-value export fraud case against two accused persons, including alleged habitual offender Zahid Bashir Sofi alias Shagoo, before the Court of the City Judge, Srinagar.

“The chargesheet in FIR No. 31/2023 under Sections 420 and 120-B RPC has been submitted in absentia under Section 512 CrPC, as both accused continue to remain absconding,” it read.

Shagoo and co-accused Javeed Ahmad Shah allegedly induced the complainant to invest in a purported export business involving mutton, rice and other goods to Du

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