A tale of ambition overriding ethics has gripped Jammu and Kashmir’s administrative circles. EOW Kashmir has lodged a comprehensive chargesheet with Srinagar’s Chief Judicial Magistrate, targeting Afshan Shabir for duping authorities into granting her a government professorship while harboring British nationality.
The 2019 hiring at SKIMS Soura hinged on her in-service application (notice 04/2015), bolstered by sham documents like a state subject certificate. Hiding her UK citizenship and OCI card, she posed as a domiciled Indian, slipping through selection nets.
FIR 76/2022 invoked RPC 199 and 420 after exhaustive scrutiny of files, service books, and committee minutes. Interrogation yielded confessions of her foreign allegiance, sustained covertly post-joining.
State action was prompt: services axed on August 20, 2022. The chargesheet closes the investigative chapter, paving way for trial and potential penalties.
Beyond the individual, this exposes frailties in credential vetting, urging tech-driven solutions like blockchain records. As public outrage simmers, reforms loom to restore transparency in J&K’s beleaguered job market.