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Retired JK Police officer convicted for forging date of birth

Srinagar, Nov 10 (UNI) The Court of the City Judge, Srinagar, has convicted a retired Police Officer for forging his date of birth to illegally extend his service tenure.
The case involved former Sub-Inspector Jagdesh Singh, a resident of Atina in Budgam district, and was investigated by the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir.
According to an EoW statement, Singh was convicted in connection with a 2013 FIR registered under Sections 420, 468, 471, and 201 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC). The case arose after the Police Headquarters J&K reported that Singh had altered his year of birth from 1957 to 1959 in official records to extend his service tenure by two years.
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