Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 7: The Crime Branch Jammu today arrested a woman and her son in a fraud case involving Rs 6.5 cr.
Accused have been identified as Shakeela and her son Tousef Bhat, residents of Mughal Masjid in Hawal area of Srinagar.
They were nabbed after several raids conducted at their hideouts as they were frequently changing their locations.
An official handout issued by the Crime Branch said a written complaint lodged by complainant namely Raees Ahmad Proprietor of Wals Walnuts Industries Barmani Road Sunjwan Jammu was received in Crime Branch Jammu wherein the complainant alleged that he started fruit business at Fruit Mandi Narwal and factory at Bathindi Jammu in the name of ‘Wals Walnuts Industries’.
One Reyaz Ahmed Matoo along-with his wife approached him and narrated that he is also a dry fruit trader having business in the name Sadaf Dry Fruit Vidhata Nagar Bathindi Jammu and started taking consignments from the complainant and initially made payments to build trust.
One day he told the complainant that he had received a huge Army contract and a lot of dry fruits were required to be supplied to the Army. The complainant supplied huge quantity of dry fruits worth crores of rupees after which the accused persons shifted to Srinagar and went underground.
The complainant further alleged that accused later issued cheques worth Rs 1.45 cr to them but all the cheques were dishonored and bounced by the concerned bank for insufficient balance.
The Crime Branch today finally arrested the mother-son fraudster and took them on seven days police remand for questioning. Another accused Riyaz Ahmad Matoo son of Ghulam Matoo R/o Saidakadal Rainawari, Srinagar and his wife Ruqaya are still at large.
A case has been registered in this connection.
Meanwhile, the court of Sub Judge Special Mobile Magistrate Jammu today rejected the bail application of accused Parvin Kumar Ninawe of Nagpur, Maharashtra, who was arrested by the Crime Branch in Rs 1.69 cr scam of food grains.
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