Crime Branch has filed charge-sheet against six accused persons namely Tariq Mehmood s/o Mohammad Aziz r/o Chhungan Mendhar, Zaffar Iqbal s/o Nizam-din r/o village Salwa Mendhar, Zaheer Abbas s/o Tasveer Hussain r/o Chhungan Mendhar, Imtiaz Ahmad s/o Mohammad Aziz r/o Chhungan, Murtaza Ahmad s/o Mohammad Bashir r/o Chak Banola and Shazia Kounsar w/o Tariq Mehmood r/o Chhungan Mendhar before the court of JMIC Mendhar. All the six accused persons are presently in judicial custody.
“The case pertains to huge financial fraud committed by anon-banking financial company in the name and style of Hables-e-Commerce Pvt.Ltd run by the above mentioned six accused persons. They made un-reasonableassurances to the investors regarding pay back of double the invested amountwithin a period of one month. Some influential persons of the area including,but not limited to the accused, influenced the locals of the area to invest inthe said company. In the succeeding months huge amounts were deposited by thepeople of districts Rajouri and Poonch with the company. However, the accusedpersons went underground after collecting huge amount of money,” an officialsaid.
The case was initially registered vide FIR No.70/19 undersection 420 RPC at P/S Mendhar and was subsequently transferred to Crime Branchconsidering the public importance and the amount of money involved.”During investigation by Crime Branch, the abovementioned six suspected persons were arrested and the property and cash worthRs. 1.5 crore approximately was seized. Besides, eight shops worthapproximately Rs 1 crore were also attached. The bank accounts of the accusedpersons were frozen. Investigation by the crime branch has proved the offencespertaining to criminal conspiracy and cheating by the accused persons. Furtherinvestigation of the case is in progress to identify and prosecute the otherpersons who were partners in the crime,” the official said.