The Crime Branch Jammu on Monday arrested a man from Talab Tillo for impersonating as an official of Chief Secretary’s office. The fraudster according to the statement issued here, has duped several senior officers of various departments.
The accused, according to the statement, duped and cheatednumerous senior officers of various departments by fraudulent means.
The fraudulent activities of accused came to light afterDirector Tourism, Kashmir filed a complaint against a person who claimed to bean officer of a personal section of Chief Secretary’s office and asked him todirect the Assistant Director Tourism, Leh to contact on his mobile No9797578686.
The fraudster was contacted by Assistant Director TourismLeh, and he asked Assistant Director Tourism, Leh to deposit Rs 10,000/- in A/cNo. 36341661376 of SBI on the plea that some of his relatives are presentlystuck in Leh and are in severe need of money and have no source of means there.
Subsequently the Assistant Director of Tourism, Lehtransferred Rs 10,000/- in the given account. Later on, during the enquiry, itcame to fore that there is no such official in the personal section of ChiefSecretary etc.
On receipt of this complaint, Crime Branch begun an enquirybased on preliminary information and it was found that the said accused hasduped several other senior officers of J&K by impersonation and fraudulentmeans and cheated them worth lakhs of rupees. Accordingly, a case FIR No34/2019 U/s 170,420 RPC was registered in Crime Branch Jammu and theinvestigation was entrusted to SI Hilal Azhar of CBJ. The accused was arrestedby a special team led by SI Hilal Azhar after hectic efforts under the supervisionof SP Crime Mushtaq Choudhary. The accused is presently on police remand andinvolvement in other cases is being investigated.