Srinagar, March 20:The Crime Branch Kashmir on Saturday produced preliminary chargesheet against one accused Selim Sheikh of West Bengal before the Anti-corruption Court Srinagar for uploading fake application forms on National Scholarship portal for merit cum means scholarship.
An official told news agency GNS that the accused was apprehended and brought to Kashmir by a Crime Branch Kashmir team headed by a DySP, for his involvement in uploading fake application forms on national scholarship portal for merit cum means scholarship Under Minority quota for J&K Students during the year 2018-19 for district Kulgam.
Subsequently, fake verifications were conducted from the institutes which did not exist in the states mentioned in the application forms, the official said.
A case (FIR No. 04/2020) U/S 420, 468,120-B, 201 RPC and 66 (D) IT Act stands registered against him, the official added.