Ex-MD of J&K Cooperative Bank convicted for forging date of birth

Srinagar: A former Managing Director (MD) of J&K Cooperative Central Land Development Bank was convicted on Tuesday of forgery in date of birth by the court, sentencing him to two years’ imprisonment.

A statement by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir said that it has secured the conviction of Mohammad Shafi Banday, former Managing Director of J&K Cooperative Central Land Development Bank Limited, for fraudulently manipulating his date of birth to unlawfully extend his service tenure.

“The case originated from a complaint alleging that the accused had deliberately recorded his date of birth as 01.09.1939 instead of his actual year of birth, 1934, by producing a fake certificate.

“A probe was initiated by the Crime Branch Kashmir, during which verification confi