Dozens of youth in Gurez fell for fake job scam in army
PTK News Desk
SRINAGAR: At least 30 youth in Gurez area of Bandipora district have been defrauded by fraudsters on the pretext of providing them jobs in army. The appointment orders provided to them in Territorial Army (TA) and Military Engineering Service (MES) proved fake, which left the victims in shock as they had paid Rs 3-6 lakh each to the fraudsters.
According to the reports, a case (FIR N0. 01/24 dated 01-01-2024) has been registered in Police Station Bandipora against three of them two months ago but the fraudsters are still at large.
“The case has been registered against three persons identified as Ghulam Nabi Lone of Gurez, Ghulam Nabi Lone of Bandipora and Mohammad Yousuf Bhat of Lasjan, Srinagar for providing Jobs in the Army in lieu of money,” reveals the report.
The complainants Shakeel Ahmad and Mukhtar Ahmad, both residents of Gurez, who alleged that they paid Rs 6 lakh each for getting jobs in the Army, said, “We came into their false promises and gave them Rs 6 lakh each for the job and they gave us fake appointment letters and other documents and also, they showed us photos with senior officers of Indian Army and fooled us,” read the FIR.”
A Jammu based English Daily quoting the video evidence that was produced before the Police stated that it shows one of the scammers, Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, receiving cash from one of the aspirants at a restaurant and refusing to return money to a youth who failed to arrange the rest of the money.
Quoting officials, the report reveals that they have defrauded at least 30 people so far and for which the scammed youth provided them Rs 3-6 lakhs each.
Quoting a victim, Mukhtar Ahmad Beigh from Gurez, the report states that he allegedly paid Rs 6 lakhs to the fraudsters for providing job in the army.
“They called us in Srinagar, showed a fake letter of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and took Rs 3 lakh for appearing for a medical examination which was held outside the entrance of Rangreth Army camp in the outskirts of Srinagar. He asked for another Rs 3 lakhs and gave us a joining letter which turned out to be fake. They sent us an application form through WhatsApp. No race was conducted, and only our height was checked near the Rangreth gate. There was no Army official involved. We received a call letter on 28th October and were asked to join at Badami Bagh on 18th November. We reached Badami Bagh (15 corps headquarters), but their phones were not reachable”, the victim said.
