Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 31: Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Jammu presented 396 page charge-sheet against accused Pinky Gupta alias Saroj Gupta and her husband- Shiv Partap Gupta, son of Lt. Tilak Raj Gupta, residents of H. No. 48, Lane No. 6, Green Enclave, near J&K Board of School Education, Rehari Colony, Jammu, at present Kudson, Gujarat in case FIR No. 18/2015 Police Station EOW, Crime Branch, Jammu in the court of law for judicial determination.
The charge-sheet was produced after allegations of hatching criminal conspiracy, cheating and defrauding the complainant and other gullible citizens of their hard earned money by luring them to deposit money in the garb of Kitty parties with the promise of paying hefty interests, were proved during the investigation.
A written complaint was lodged by Neelam Malhotra, wife of KK Malhotra, resident of 26-Patel Nagar Lane No. 1, Talab Tillo, Jammu and others in Crime Branch, Jammu wherein the complainant alleged that Pinky Gupta alias Saroj Gupta wife of Shiv Partap Gupta; Shiv Partap Gupta, son of Tilak Raj Gupta and Bhasker Gupta, son of Shiv Partap Gupta, all residents of Green Enclave, Near J&K Board of School Education, Rehari Colony, Jammu allured them among other innocent people on the pretext of providing handsome returns on the deposits and after taking the money from them and other persons. Accused fled away in thin air after locking their residence and office, thereby duping them of their hard earned money amounting to Rs 35 lakhs besides duping other innocent people of their hard earned money.
On receipt of the complaint criminal proceedings were initiated against the culprits with the approval of Crime headquarters as per procedure in vogue. During the course of preliminary enquiry the allegations levelled were prima-facie substantiated as the omissions and commissions on the part of accused constitute offences of cheating, criminal misappropriation and criminal conspiracy. Accordingly, a formal case FIR was registered in Police Station, Economic Offences Wing Crime Branch, Jammu against the above mentioned accused persons for in-depth investigation.
During investigation all the material evidence – oral and documentary as well as scientific evidence was gathered and the accused persons who were constantly on a run outside the UT of J&K to evade their arrest in the instant case, finally arrested by Crime Branch team in a well coordinated way to bring them to justice which established their involvement in the commission of crime and accordingly the investigation of the case is closed.
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