Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 28: Crime Branch Jammu has filed five charge-sheets in different courts against 18 accused involved in various fraud cases amounting to approximately Rs 8.79 crores.
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A Crime Branch official said that in one of the cases, a charge-sheet was filed against one Mohammad Farid of Maroli Govindsar, Kathua.
According to him, a complaint by one Shokat Ali of Bani, Kathua, alleged that Farid secured a Government job and promotions using fake educational documents and retired as Deputy Inspector in the Fisheries Department, Kathua.
In another case, based on a complaint lodged by one Yash Pal of Rajouri regarding lottery fraud, he said, charge-sheets have been filed against four accused from Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal identified as Santosh Kumar Patel, Suman Swarashti, Suneel Kumar Patel, and Malkeet Singh.
Similarly, a charge-sheet was filed in another case where complainant Anwar Ali of Bilaspur alleged he was duped of Rs 2.06 lakh in a lottery fraud.
The accused in this case have been identified as Pradeep Kumar Prajapati, Imran Khan Sarfrazkhan Pathan, Pawan Kumar Singh, Aijaz Ahmed, Mohammad Shadab Khan, Imran Khan, and Firoj Khan, hailing from Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
In another case, one Mohammad Syed Shah of Natipora, Srinagar, currently residing in Dangiwacha, Baramulla, was charge-sheeted for allegedly cheating one Vikas Sharma of Akhnoor and others by promising Government jobs.
The Crime Branch has also filed a charge-sheet in a case involving fraud related to property disputes. The accused in this case are Renu Chowdhary, Kunal Choudhary, and Chander Udhey Singh Choudhary, all residents of Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Crime Jammu, Benam Tosh, confirmed that charge-sheets in FIR numbers 27/2013, 01/2015, 18/2018, 47/2019, and 03/2025 have been produced before the courts for judicial proceedings.
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