Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, Feb 4: Reasi Police arrested six offenders, including an allottee of mine of minor minerals (sand) block for cheating people of their hard earned money and also seized one JCB involved in theft of minor minerals.
A case FIR number 05, 07 and 10/ 2022, under section 420 has been registered in Police Station Reasi for overcharging from the innocent customers, whereas case FIR number 06 and 17 have been registered at Police Station Arnas.
Case FIR number 05/2022 was registered at Police Station Reasi on written complaint from customer following which accused Neeraj, son of Surinder Singh of Holipur Agra, A/P Salal Kotli Himna, was arrested for cheating and overcharging while providing sand to the complainant from mining block at Hemna.
Bhram Kumar, son of Paras Ram of Bhaga, Manager of Shrine Stone Crusher was booked and arrested in case FIR 07/2022 for cheating and overcharging from Vijay Kumar of Reasi when he went to crusher for buying crushed Bajri.
On getting complaint of cheating and overcharging from another customer of Kanthan, case FIR number 06/2022 was registered at Police Station Arnas against crusher at Anas Nalla and accused Bansi Lal son of Sher Singh of Surundi Arnas was arrested in the case.
Case FIR 10/2022 was registered against block number 34 for cheating and overcharging from innocent customers while providing minor minerals.
Another customer lodged a complaint at Police Station Arnas for being cheated at mining Block Chinka. In this regard FIR number 17/2022 was registered at Police Station Arnas and accused Ashwani Kumar son of Suraj Ram of Kanthan was arrested in the case. Currency notes were also seized as evidence in the case. The allotee of the block namely Vikesh Kumar son of Agya Pal of Arnas was also arrested in the case.
In another incident of illegal mining at Anji Khad Reasi, case FIR number 26/2022 was registered at Police Reasi and during the course of investigations, one JCB Machine was seized and the owner namely Ashok Kumar son of Shri Chand of Sukhetar, at present Sulla Reasi, was arrested.
Investigation in all the cases was in progress for possible economic offenses of evasion of GST & taxes too.
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