Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 23: Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch Jammu, charge-sheeted seven fraudsters for swindling Rs 13.84 crore from the gullible people belonging to the Pirpanjal area (Rajouri-Poonch).
In case FIR number 76/2019, under Section 420, 120-B / RPC P/S Rajouri (now Crime Branch Jammu), 1160 pages charge-sheet was produced before the court of law for judicial determination after allegations of involvement of the owner and other employees of Hablas-e-Commerce Pvt Ltd Rajouri in the commission of fraud were substantiated during the investigation conducted by the premier investigating agency of the UT of J&K.
In the garb of company, the owner and its employees induced the complainant and other innocent people to deposit money with the promise that the company would double their invested money within a period of 15 days. Charge-sheet has been produced against Mehmood, son of Mohd Aziz, resident of Chhungan Mendhar, Poonch (Owner); Mohd Tayab Chowdhary, son of Mohd Bashir Naseem of Panhad, Tehsil Kotranka, Rajouri; Sajjad Ahmed son of Jaan Mohd of Chambitar, Tehsil Kotranka, District Rajouri; Syed Israr Shah Bukhari , son of Jameel Hussain Shah of Bahrote, Tehsil Thannamandi District Rajouri; Mohd Shairaz alias Shairaz Mir son of Mohd Rafiq of Village Ujhan Kassian, Tehsil Darahal District Rajouri (A/P Atti Rajouri); Murtaza Mohd son of Mohd Bashir of Chak Banola, Mendhar, District Poonch and Imtiaz Ahmed son of Mohd Aziz of Chhungan Mendhar, District Poonch.
The case was initially registered with Police Station Rajouri on the complaint lodged by Vishal Sudan of Rajouri on allegations of cheating and fraud committed by the Hablas-e-Commerce Pvt Ltd Rajouri after he and other innocent people were induced and cheated by the Company with a false promise of doubling their invested money within a period of two weeks.
The case being of immense Public importance was transferred to Crime Branch Jammu for indepth probe. During investigation, Crime Branch thoroughly examined the case, recorded statements of the complainants and other important witnesses as well as the aggrieved people, seized records including ledgers, receipts, gifts, vehicles (Scorpio) worth Rs 14 lakh, recovered Rs 2 82 lakhs, gathered scientific and circumstantial evidence to substantiate the allegations and proved the charges against the culprits.
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