Fraudster booked for sale of mortgaged shop

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 4: Crime Branch Jammu has booked a fraudster for entering into sale- deed of his shop pending bank mortgage liability.
A formal case has been registered against accused – Gautam Kohli son of Late Krishan Nath Kohli C/o Prop M/S Paragon Textiles, Super Bazar, City Chowk, Jammu, after it was prima facie established during the preliminary enquiry that the accused had defrauded the complainant by entering into a sale deed of his shop having a bank mortgage liability, thus concealing the material facts to the complainant.
Complainant- Sanjay Gupta of Purani Mandi Jammu alleged that he purchased a shop from the said accused, situated at City Chowk Jammu, through a sale deed after the accused assured him that there was no bank liability pending against it. In due course of time it surfaced that there was a bank liability pending against the said shop with J&K Bank. Reaching out to the accused for liquidation of the liability, the accused showed asked the complainant to liquidate the bank liability with the assurance that he would return the amount to the complainant but never did so.
Since it was prima facie proved that the accused defrauded the complainant with deliberate criminal intention of concealing the material facts at the time entering into the sale deed, a formal case was registered in Crime Branch Jammu and the investigation has been initiated under law.