Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 11: Cyber Police Jammu has nabbed two fraudsters in Rs 3,30,000 online visa fraud case from Safakadal area in Srinagar.
The accused were identified as Irshad Ahmed son of Gulzar Ahmed Nadaf of Sarai Safa Kadal (Srinagar) and Mohammed Tahir Khan son of Abdul Gani Khan of Watal Kadal (Safakadal), a police official said.
He said that on 08-09-2021, complainant Sajjad Hussain son of Ghulam Mustafa Shah, a resident of Dool (Kishtwar) reported at Cyber Police Station Jammu that he was duped of Rs 3,30,000 by unknown fraudsters on the pretext of issuance of Visa to Dubai for his. During the course of investigation cyber police succeeded in identifying the fraudsters.
SP Cyber Police Station after ascertaining the location of the accused persons deputed dedicated team to apprehend the accused persons. The deputed team acting swiftly arrested the accused from Safakadal in Srinagar. The accused persons were brought at Cyber Police Station Jammu, produced before the competent court and their police remand was obtained.
“Police is also searching for other fraudsters involved in the commission of the offence. Further sustained questioning of the arrested accused persons by the Police is going on to ascertain involvement of other accused in the case,” the official said, adding, a case FIR Number 25/2021 u/s 66D IT Act, 420, 120 B IPC stands registered in this connection at Cyber Police Station Jammu.
He said the arrest was made by a Cyber police team headed by Inspector Vikram Sharma under the supervision of Deputy SP Priyanka Kumari and overall supervision of Naresh Singh (Incharge, cyber police station, Jammu).
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