Drawing family pension fraudulently: Crime Branch produces chargesheet against lawyer after 7 years

Srinagar, Dec 4: The Crime Branch Kashmir produced Chargesheet before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar against an accused Omkar Singh of Harduchaman Rafiabad Baramulla for illegally drawing family pension of his deceased wife Naseeb Kour even after his re-marriage.
Crime Branch Kashmir had received a complaint from one Balbir Kour alleging therein that one Omkar Singh is illegally drawing family pension of his deceased wife, Naseeb Kour even after his re-marriage. Consequent to the complaint a preliminary enquiry was initiated.
During probe, it substantiated that accused Omkar Singh had knowingly and fraudulently drawn an amount of Rs 2.91 lakh as family pension in the name of Naseeb Kour, even after his re-marriage and accordingly the case in 2014 was registered at police station Crime Branch Kashmir and investigation set into motion.
During the course of investigation, relevant records to the subject matter were seized and statement of persons familiar with the facts and circumstances of the case were also recorded under relevant section of laws. The investigation conducted has revealed that the accused Omkar Singh is advocate by profession and had married deceased Naseeb Kour in the year 1984. The said deceased was serving as Headmaster at Gov Higher Secondary School Anantnag, and has died in 2003 as per the death certificate issued by concerned Police Station.
Thereafter, it was found the accused advocate was receiving the family pension through Government Treasury at Anantnag and subsequently at Srinagar.
The investigation further revealed that after the death of Naseeb Kour, the accused advocate has contracted second marriage. He knowingly and fraudulently obtained the family pension even after death of his wife Naseeb Kour and after contracting second marriage. (KNT)