Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 27: Crime Branch, Jammu has arrested a fraudster, who was accused of duping innocent people of their hard earned money.
The fraudster identified as Surjeet Singh, son of Raghubir Singh of Gajansoo, Marh, district Jammu was arrested in case FIR No. 13/2019 U/S 406, 420 and 120-B/RPC P/S Crime Branch, Jammu. The fraudster with the criminal intention duped the innocent and gullible people of various districts of the state of their hard earned money by way of taking cash in the form of fixed deposits, recurring deposits, saving accounts etc after floating a Cooperative in the name and style-Rural Devel-opment Multipurpose Cooperative Ltd. as its Chairman with its head office at Talab Tillo, Jammu. The fraudster under the garb of the Cooperative operated its various branches across different districts of the state, particularly in Jammu region.
Preliminary enquiry reveals the suspect has grabbed an amount of Rs 3, 35, 29,310 from people by way of cheating. A large number of complaints were received in Crime Branch, Jammu in this regard. The arrest has been affected by a team of Crime Branch, Jammu led by DySP Mohd Irfan Khan. The accused is presently on Police remand. |
