Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 13: Crime Branch Jammu has arrested an absconding murder accused, who was also involved in committing fraud worth crores of rupees.
Gurdeep Singh , son of Harnam Singh, resident of H.No 83/1, Channi Himmat Jammu, who was absconding for the last 8 years, is the prime accused in case FIR No. 302/2012, under section 406, 409, 420, 468, 471, 120-B/RPC at Police Station Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, the investigation of which is being conducted by Crime Branch.
The notorious criminal is involved in high profile case of Police Station Channi in case FIR No. 164/2010 U/S 307, 34/RPC 3/25 Arms Act in which a conspiracy was hatched to assassinate a prominent citizen of Jammu. Besides, he is also involved in a murder case in Batote in case FIR No.72/1985 U/S 302, 134/RPC.
He was arrested yesterday from Mohali, Chandigarh after a successful raid conducted by Crime Branch after developing inputs about his whereabouts.
Case of fraud against him was registered on a written complaint lodged by one Sardar Joginder Singh with Police Station Gandhi Nagar alleging therein that around 100 depositors of Jammu, Kathua, Samba Poonch, Baramulla and Srinagar had deposited their hard earned money with a finance company which was opened under the name and style “Dutta Financers” Nanak Nagar, Jammu in the month of April 2011. When some depositors approached the said finance company for the payment of their deposited money and interest thereupon, the directors and other officials of the company refused to pay them. On the receipt of the complaint, a case FIR No 302/2012 was registered in P/S Gandhi Nagar Jammu.
Keeping in view the sensitiveness and high profile nature of the case and on the insistence of the large number of investors, the investigation of the case was transferred to Crime Branch Jammu in 2013. During the investigation it was revealed that the accused persons had duped the general public worth crores and had diverted their deposits to their own use and to procure various assets. The investigation of the case was closed as proved and the preliminary Challan was filed before the court of law in 2013 by Crime Branch. However the accused had gone absconding.
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