Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 14: The Crime Branch (CB) has registered four FIRs against eight persons, including company directors, a Government employee, and notorious scammers, for frauds amounting to Rs 3.11 crore and securing a job on a fake certificate.
Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp
A Crime Branch official said an FIR was filed on the directions of a court against promoters of Shreekatyani Metal Pvt Ltd—Nitin Gupta and Nidhi Gupta of Delhi, and Nitin Maheshwari of Ghaziabad—for cheating the complainant, Guninder Jeet Singh Wazir of Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, of Rs 2.64 crore.
He said another FIR was registered on the complaint of one Sanjeev Mahajan of Jammu against Nishaan Singh, proprietor of M/S Sanbun Investments, and a resident of Rajdoot Marg, Chankyapuri, South Delhi, for criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of Rs 35 lakh.
In a separate case, the Crime Branch official said, habitual fraudsters Saroop Lal of Bari Brahamana and Ashish Bhandari of Subash Nagar Jammu were booked for duping two Akhnoor residents, Jawahar Lal and Bibi Ram, of Rs 12.30 lakh on the promise of Government jobs as Forest Guards, along with fake appointment letters.
According to him, multiple FIRs are already pending against the criminals.
The fourth FIR, he said, was filed on a CID report against Sohan Lal of Arnia, who allegedly secured a dental technician job in the J&K Health Department using a fake matriculation certificate arrange by one Swarn Singh of Treva, who too have been named as accused in the FIR.
SSP Crime, Benam Tosh, confirmed that FIRs 55/2025, 56/2025, 57/2025, and 58/2025 have been registered at Crime Branch EOW Jammu after conducting preliminary enquiries and further in-depth investigations are underway.
Follow our WhatsApp channel
