Many scams worked out, people got money back
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 26: A record 4500 First Information Reports (FIRs), complaints, Departmental Vigilance Cases and Preliminary Verifications were disposed of by the Crime Branch in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir this year.
The Crime Branch headed by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sujit Kumar Singh and guided by Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat has taken a lead in disposal of cases this year-be they the FIRs, Preliminary Verifications, complaints and Departmental Vigilance Cases.
A record number of 4500 cases and complaints which is a record were disposed of during the year 2025,” the official data revealed.
Among them were 223 FIRs, 1009 Preliminary Verifications, 3070 complaints, 113 Departmental Vigilance Cases and 103 complaints received on JK Samadhan Portal.
The high-profile Sainik Colony murder case was also worked out with accused, an Army soldier, arrested from Haryana.
“Focus of the Crime branch was also on people-related issues like cyber scams in which innocent people lost their hard-earned money, job scams and land frauds. The issues which directly concerned the common man were taken on priority by the Crime Branch,” the sources said.
Several online fraud cases were worked out and in many cases people got their money back through efforts made by the Crime Branch.
Properties of the accused to the tune of around Rs 40 lakh were also attached which was welcome by the people resulting into public faith in the system.
With introduction of New Criminal Laws, the Crime branch prioritized the cases of public important besides long pending cases for disposal. This resulted into disposal of far more cases in 2025 than previous years.
Sources said focus of the Crime Branch remained on timely justice to the people which was made possible with timely disposal of the cases especially where interests of the common man including those who had been duped of their hard-earned money by the scamsters were involved.
In the upcoming year also, the officials said, the disposal of cases and addressing the public issues will continue with same speed to ensure that justice to the people is not delayed in any case.
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