JAMMU: The Jammu wing of Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch has booked a bank manager, former police personnel among 11 persons in worth crores fraud case.
The crime branch spokesman here today said that the a Bank Manager of State Bank of India bank, a police official (now voluntarily retd.) among eleven individuals have been booked in five separate FIRs for frauds like MBBS seat scam, visa fraud, Government jobs and land scams, involving huge amount of Rs 3.12 crore .
He said that a case has been registered against SBI Bank Manager, Javaid Ashraf Bhatti of Bahu Apartment Gandhi Nagar, Jammu and others on two separate written complaints wherein it was alleged that the manager duped the complainants of huge amount of Rs. 1.78 crore on the pretext of selling petrol pump at Kalakote, Rajouri under the name and style of Kala Kote Filling Station, of which he was not the owner.
He said that the Crime Branch has also registered an FIR against Selection Grade Constable, Paramjeet Singh (now voluntarily retd) of Preet Nagar, Digiana, Jammu on three written complaints alleging that Paramjeet Singh, who was a police official, duped the complainants of Rs. 72.93 lakh on the pretext of selling off land at Birpur and Jammu and a residential house at Gangyal, Jammu of which he was not the owner.
The Crime Branch, he said, has also registered another case against notorious fraudster Fayaj Ahmad Rather alias Raja Fayaj (Prop. of Fayaj International Education Consultancy located in Gandhi Nagar, Jammu ) of Aglar Chirat Zainapora, Shopian for duping Rs 40 lakhs from the complainant Anil Gupta on the false promise of arranging admission of his son in MBBS course in ASCOMS Sidhra, Jammu.
He stated that the department has also registered yet another FIR against five accused namely Mohd Issaq, Mukhtiar Ahmad of Zanheri, Thathri, Doda, Tariq Hussein and Mudassir Hussein of Hatmulla, District Kupwara and Sher Mohd.of Haloor, Gandoh, Doda for duping Rs 12.70 lakh from four complaints on the pretext of providing government jobs.
In a separate case, the Crime Branch has also registered a case against Sahil Bhagat of Shaheed Bharat Sigh Nagar, Sujanpur, Pathankote and others for duping Rs 36.89 lakh from seven complainants of Bishnah, Jammu and Swankha Samba on the pretext of sending them abroad on work visa. The fraudsters also provided fake visas, purportedly for Itali and Australia, to the complainants, he added.
The Senior Superintendent of Police Crime Jammu, Benam Tosh also confirmed that five cases have been registered and investigations are underway.
