Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 13: The Special Crime Wing (SCW) of the Crime Branch of Jammu has registered a case against a man for allegedly cheating a local resident of Rs 9.08 lakh on the pretext of arranging overseas employment for his son.
An SCW spokesperson said the case FIR number 10/2026 under section 420 IPC was registered at Police Station Special Crime Wing after a complaint highlighted a well-planned fraud involving false assurances and repeated delays.
Quoting the complaint, he said, the accused, identified as Bhupinder Kumar, a resident of Kir Pind in RS Pura, approached the complainant around two years ago and offered to facilitate a job abroad for his son.
He said, initially, the accused started the process for sending the youth to Italy, but the application was rejected by the concerned authorities.
Subsequently, he assured the complainant that he would arrange employment in the United Kingdom, but that attempt also failed after objections were raised by authorities there, the SCW official said.
He said the complainant alleged that despite these setbacks, the accused continued to give assurances and demanded money on different occasions.
Trusting his claims, he said, the complainant arranged funds through relatives and paid a total amount of Rs 9, 08, 000, including Rs 8, 23, 000 through online transactions and Rs 85,000 in cash.
“However, after repeated failures and continuous follow-ups, the accused allegedly failed to fulfil his promise or return the money. So far, only Rs 40,000 have been refunded,” he said.
The SCW official further said that after receiving the complaint, a preliminary verification was conducted which revealed that the accused had acted with fraudulent intent from the very beginning and had dishonestly induced the complainant to part with his money through misrepresentation.
Following the findings, he said, the Crime Branch registered the case and started a formal investigation into the matter.
According to him, the probe has been entrusted to a DySP-ranked officer to ascertain the full extent of the fraud and identify any other possible victims or links.
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