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| Rare metal (trath-gola) case: CB recovers over Rs one crore from fraudsters | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 24: In a major achievement, Crime Branch, Jammu has succeeded in effecting a huge recovery of an amount of over Rs 1.00 Crore from an organized gang of criminals involved in cheating the public by selling a heavenly object (Rice Puller/Copper Irridium popularly called as Trathgola) purportedly used for Space Research but was in reality a hoax.
According to official spokesperson Crime Branch (CB), two fraudsters namely as Venkata Krishna Modegula of Padmarao Nagar, Secunderabad and Sandeep Singh Rana of Paryot, Doda involved in the infamous Trathgola (Rice Puller/Heavenly Object) case, have been arrested by Crime Branch, Jammu from Secundrabad, (Telangana) and Jammu respectively.
Sharing details about the case, Munir Ahmed Khan, IGP State Crime Branch, J&K told that on the written complaint lodged by one Raj Kumar Gupta of Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, who had alleged that he was duped by a gang of interstate fraudsters on the pretext of selling a precious item (Trathgola) for a whooping amount of Rs 8.00 Crores.
"Following complaint, SSP Crime Branch Jammu, Mubassir Latifi constituted a special team to investigate this unique case in which an organized gang of criminals has duped not only the complainant but also has been involved in similar cases and have cheated number of people, he said.
IGP Crime said, "The team headed by Inspector Parvez Sajjad laid a well-planned trap in a very professional manner and succeeded in apprehending the main kingpin of the gang namely Venkata Krishna Modegula from Secundrabad, Andhra Pradesh (AP) who had advanced the allurements to the complainant on the pretext of being a qualified scientist having affiliation with NASA and DRDO etc. and who issued certifications in favour of the so called precious metal and in turn took a huge amount of Rs 3.00 Crores from the complainant."
"An amount of Rs 1.5 Lakhs and one licensed pistol (purchased from the looted amount) was also recovered from another accused Sandeep Rana r/o Paryot Doda who is also an active and important member of this gang," senior police official added.
After his arrest the accused Venkata Krishna Madgulla applied for bail before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Jammu but the same was rejected after being forcibly resisted by the prosecution of the Crime Branch with the observations that the accused was the part of the wide network spread all over the country.
Police official said, "After having exhausted all the available remedies the accused finally broke and surrendered an amount of Rs 1.00 Crores before the Crime Branch, Jammu. Investigation of the case is still under progress and more arrests and recovery of the remaining amount is expected in the coming days." |
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