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| Delhi-based biz man gets anticipatory bail in extortion case | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, June 29: A court in Anantnag on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to a New Delhi-based businessman allegedly involved in a mega extortion case that surfaced last month in south Kashmir.
Pankaj Jain, son of Devraj, of Sector 9 Rohini, New Delhi, was granted anticipatory bail days after the court issued a non-bailable warrant against him. The court, however, directed him to join investigation when required and not to leave territorial limits of Jammu and Kashmir without the permission of the court.
Last month, the Anantnag police arrested a Calcutta-resident identified as Ajay Kumar Agarwal, son of late Dhun Kumar Agarwal, of 3-A Ockland Place, Calcutta for extorting high profile businessmen of the country by instituting fake complaints against them in different courts of Anantnag and Kulgam in south Kashmir.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) South Kashmir Range had filled a written complaint against the accused at Police Station Anantnag. In his letter-CRB/SKR/10399-10400 dated 13-05-2019- DIG South Kashmir stated that he has learnt from reliable sources that an office under the name of Host and Finance is being run at K P Road Anantnag by Ajay Kumar Agarwal, who is involved in instituting fake complaints in different courts of Anantnag and Kulgam against some persons residing outside the state of Jammu and Kashmir. "He has established an offence and exploits his employees as a front for filling these false complaints," reads the letter.
DIG in his letter says that on the basis of fake complaints, the accused was obtaining non-bailable warrants and was latter using them for extracting money from his 'targets'.
On the basis of DIG South Kashmir, Anantnag Police has registered a case against the accused U/S 420, 467, 468 PRC and SIT was constituted to probe the matter.
Anantnag Police has also submitted an initial report in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Anantnag and claimed that investigation of the case was at preliminary stage.
Police in its report said that they have raided the office of accused and seized two laptops, documents and different kind of seals. Two persons Vikram Baderwaj, a resident of New Delhi and Alok Kumar, resident Mayoor Vihar Delhi attended the office of In-charge SIT and stated that on 19-01-2019, a police party from Kashmir visited the house of Vikram Baderwaj and produced a non-bailable warrant which was issued by Judicial Magistrate 1st class Qazigund. The police party arrested Baderwaj and took him to New Delhi's Safdar Jung Police Station; however later released him as they suspected that the warrant was issued in fraud and frivolous case, reads police report.
Sources revealed to Early Times that the accused had set up an office in Anantnag and employed few boys and girls. All those employees have confessed before the police that accused was directing them to file complaints in different courts against non-local businessmen. They said on the basis of those complaints, the accused was obtaining non-bailable warrants and later he was using these warrants and his gang of lawyers for extortion.
Ajay Kumar Agarwal, however was granted bail on June 13 by the Anantnag court.
Expiating the investigation into the case, Anantnag Police on the same day approached court and sought issuance of non-bailable warrant against Pankaj Jain and alleged that he was in possession of forged documents. On June 14, the court issued non-bailable warrant against Jain; however he approached the court and got anticipatory bail till July 7. |
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