Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 3: Despite heavy odds due to ongoing lockdown, Crime Branch Jammu carried on investigation and produced supplementary charge-sheet against the accused in a high profile case of multi-crore fraud in Mendhar.
More than 7300 pages documented Charge-sheet along with lodgement certificate from the concerned Jail Officer, was produced against the accused, namely Saddam Hussain of Kalaban, at present DharanaChanni, Tehsil Mendhar, District Poonch and Nazir Hussain of Dhanwan Morha, Chingus, District Rajouri, in case FIR number 70/2019, U/S 420, 120-B RPC P/S Mendhar (now under investigation with Crime Branch Jammu).
Preliminary Charge-sheet of the case was already been produced by Crime Branch Jammu against six accused persons in the Court of Sub-Judge Mendhar on 20-07-2019 for swindling money from the gullible people of Tehsil Mendhar and its surrounding areas in District Poonch and people of other areas in Jammu province by inducing and luring people to invest their money in a private company floated by the accused fraudsters in the name and style of Habalas-e-commerce, Pvt Ltd with the bait of doubling their money within three weeks time-period and ultimately to their dismay duping them of their hard earned money and leaving a large section of people cheated. All eight accused are in jail.
With rigorous efforts during this investigation, 459 persons were examined and 448 statements were recorded U/S 161 CrPC and 11 statements were recorded before Judicial Magistrate U/S 164 CrPC. Special Investigation Team kept on tracing the footprints of money transactions and has so far recovered around Rs 3 crores from the accused.
Initially the case FIR was registered at P/S Mendhar. But being a case of immense public importance, the investigation of the case was transferred to Crime Branch, Jammu and accordingly a SIT was constituted. During the course of investigation, six accused persons were arrested in the initial period and on their disclosure, recoveries were made in the form of both cash and kind which included five vehicles besides seizing and sealing immoveable property in the form of shops belonging to the accused in Poonch.
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