Early Times Report
Anantnag, Nov 18: Police booked a fake scribe here for cheating a lady doctor to a tune of Rs 6 lakh.
A case was registered recently against the self styled scribe, identified as Nadeem Ahmad alias Nadeem Nadu, a resident of QazibughAnantang, by Anantnag police based on a written complaint of a lady doctor.
According to the, the scribe allegedly met the doctor in February last year and posed as a reporter of 'Sach News' and started frequently texting her on whatsApp. Sach News is a Facebook page run by a senior journalist in South Kashmir who had distanced himself from the accused scribe.
The doctor alleged that he convinced her to give him a large sum to set up a business, following which the victim gave him Rs. 6 lakhs. "Firstly he told me that he will accommodate me in health department as he has connections with higher ups of department but I refused to give him the amount, however later he came with the plank of business which I accepted and gave him the amount. After paying back Rs. 90,000 he started threatening me," she said.
On a written complaint of the victim, Anantnag police registered a case against the accused under 420,506 sections and has launched a man hunt to nab the culprit. |
