Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 9: Police today unearthed a major job racket being run on the name of Government of India by arresting three persons, one of whom was impersonating as KAS officer and Director Rural Development (RDD) and freezed their account in Jammu and Kashmir Bank carrying Rs 30 lakh worth cash.
The racketeers had given fake job letters to 40 youths at the behest of Union Government but paid salary to none.
Police said the racket was being run on the name of J&K Rural Development Co-ordination Society at Gole Puli, Talab Tillo. The accused had claimed that the Society was approved by the Government of India and had also mentioned it on their sign board displayed at their office at Gole Puli. The office has been sealed.
Police have so far arrested three accused in the racket. They have been identified as Adil Mustafa Khan son of Ghulam Mustafa Khan, a resident of Awantipora, presently putting up at Janipura Colony, who claimed himself as Director of the Society, Jatinder Kumar son of Daya Ram of Miran Sahib and Iftiar Ahmad Peerzada son of Ghulam Ahmad R/o Rawalpora, Srinagar both of whom had styled themselves as Members.
Nowabad police acted after getting complaints from some of the youths, who had been cheated on the name of unemployment.
Police parties led by SHO Nowabad Jaipal Sharma today raided office of the Society at Gole Puli, Talab Tillo and sealed it. They arrested three persons including Adil Mustafa, who had been impersonating himself as Rural Development Department’s Director and a KAS officer.
All three were well educated.
Police said the accused had issued advertisements in the newspapers announcing 1500 jobs with pay ranging from Rs 3500 to Rs 45,000. They charged Rs 2000 per form and had asked the students to deposit fees of the form in Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s Talab Tillo branch.
After the advertisements, the accused had issued fake appointment letters on behalf of the Society to 40 youths appointing them on different posts. However, none of them had been paid any salary so far.
Police said they have freezed the account of the Society in Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s Talab Tillo Branch, which had Rs 30 lakh cash, which had been collected by selling forms for employment at a price of Rs 2000 per form.
A total of 14 persons had formed the Society and claimed that they had the approval of the Government of India. Their claim was false, police said, adding the accused were running a big racket to mint the money by cheating the unemployed youths.
Police said the arrested accused were being grilled to ascertain identity of their associates to arrest them. A case against the accused had been registered under FIR No. 179 and Sections 419, 420 and 120-B RPC at Nowabad police station. Police parties headed by SHO Nowabad Jaipal Sharma made the arrests.
A number of unemployed youths, who had secured employment form at the cost of Rs 2000 and those, who had been recruited in the Society on fake appointment letters, have lodged written complaints with the police of cheating.
Police have started further investigations in the case.
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