Srinagar – 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 secure illegal regularization in government service.

According to an official statement, the chargesheet was submitted before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Handwara, on December 11, 2025.

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

Preliminary enquiry found that Lone had submitted a fabricated medical certificate showing his

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