Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 9: The Crime Branch (CB) has registered a case against 15 individuals, including two gold appraisers, in connection with a bank loan scam here.
As per a Crime Branch official, the accused secured large loans from Canara Bank by pledging spurious and impure gold items, which were valued at less than the figures they had provided.
“They also failed to repay their EMIs,” claimed the CB official.
He said the Regional Manager of Canara Bank, Jammu, filed two complaints with the Crime Branch, naming Rajnesh Thapa, Munish Thapa, Deepak Kumar, Sumit Singh, Madhu Singh, Jyoti Devi, Bandana Devi, Rahat Iqbal Goni, Ayush Singh, Veena Kumari, Navdeep Sharma, Amit Mahajan, Pooja Chouhan, Kewal Krishan (a gold valuer), and Deepak Dhallam (another gold valuer).
Accordingly, he said, a case FIR number 13/2025 was registered, with further investigation set into motion.
“The preliminary findings suggest the commission of a cognizable offence,” he said.
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