Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 30: The Special Crime Wing (SCW) of the Crime Branch Jammu has filed charge-sheets in three separate cases involving a chit fund scam, a fake Government job racket, and criminal conspiracy, exposing frauds running into lakhs of rupees.
In the first case (FIR Number 36/2023), the Crime Branch has charge-sheeted Pawan Kumar Gupta for allegedly duping multiple victims of over Rs 56.89 lakh through an unauthorized chit fund scheme. Investigations revealed that the accused lured people with promises of high returns and misappropriated the collected funds. The offences under Sections 406 and 420 RPC, along with provisions of the Chit Fund Act, have been established. The charge-sheet has been presented before the 13th Finance Commission Court, Jammu.
In another case (FIR Number 03/2023), Ashish Bhandari, a Government employee, has been charge-sheeted for fraudulently extracting Rs 7.5 lakh from a complainant on the false promise of securing a Government job in the Forest Department. The accused allegedly issued fake appointment orders and used forged documents, including cheques belonging to his deceased mother. The case has been established under Sections 420, 465, 467 and 468 RPC, along with relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The charge-sheet was filed before the Additional Sessions Judge (Anti-Corruption Court), Jammu.
In the third case (FIR Number 37/2023), two accused-Tariq Rasool Sheikh and Shair Mohd.-have been charge-sheeted for impersonating officials and cheating several individuals on the pretext of providing Government jobs, collecting around Rs 10-13 lakh. While one accused has been arrested and is currently on bail, the other remains absconding, with legal proceedings initiated against him. The charge-sheet has been presented before the Court of Mobile Traffic Magistrate, Doda.
All three cases were investigated under the supervision of SSP SCW Jammu, Sanjay Parihar.
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