Preparing fake work visas
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 26: Crime Branch Jammu today produced preliminary charge-sheet against two brothers among three accused persons for their involvement in preparing fake work visas and duping innocent people.
The accused, namely Raj Kumar son of Karan Sharma of Kullian Kamala, Ramgarh in Samba, Kailash and Vikas, both sons of Ajit Kumar, residents of Harsha Dabbar, Bishnah, Jammu lured the complainant on the pretext of providing work-visas for abroad and duped him of hard earned money to the tune of Rs 12 lakh.
A written complaint was lodged by the complainant namely Sat Pal Sharma of W.No. 13 R S Pura Jammu, whose son Rohit Sharma had a desire to work in some foreign country for better future. The accused Raj Kumar was running the business of sending unemployed youth abroad on work permit where he used to lure innocent people by showing them lucrative schemes of getting employment in foreign countries through him and thereby earn Rs two to 3 lakhs per month for a consideration of Rs 3 to10 lakhs. The complainant also fell into his trap and the said accused assured that he would procure work visa for his son in lieu of some monetary consideration and he, on 13-09-2017 gave to the complainant an employment offer letter under KTC Group and one more letter and visa on 08-01-2018. The complainant arranged money from different sources and paid to the suspect a total amount of Rs 12.00 lakh for himself and of his relative namely Vinod Kumar, some through cheques and some through cash. However, later on verification on his own, the said visa as provided by the suspect was found to be fake.
Taking cognizance into the matter, Crime Branch Jammu registered a case FIR No.46/2019, U/S 420,465,467,468,471,120-B/RPC. During the investigation, documentary/oral evidences were collected and charges of cheating the complainant with sheer malafide/criminal intention after hatching a well planned criminal conspiracy and knowingly and dishonestly causing wrongful gain to themselves and wrongful loss to the complainant were established.
The preliminary charge-sheet was produced today in the Court of City Judge, Jammu. Further investigation in the case is underway.
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