Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 29: A special team of Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch Jammu (CBJ) has arrested three individuals accused of cheating people of their hard-earned money after 23 years.
The case FIR number 02/2001 registered under Sections 420 and 120-B of the RPC at Police Station CB Jammu, involves allegations of cheating people through a private finance company. The accused allegedly enticed individuals by promising to double their investments within a few years.
The arrested absconders have been identified as Azhar Abbas and Adil Mirza, brothers, and Nighat Azhar, wife of Azhar Abbas, all residents of Mufti Bagh, Barzee, Harvan, Srinagar.
According to a CBJ spokesperson, the arrested individuals managed to elude authorities for more than two decades by continuously changing their locations within Kashmir and in Mumbai to avoid arrest.
He said, after thorough investigation, the charge-sheet for the case was presented in the court, substantiating the allegations against the accused.
The legal process also involved obtaining arrest warrants under Section 512 of the CrPC, issued by the court of law, in order to bring the absconders to justice, he said.
One of the absconding accused, Nisar Hussain Khan, son of Ghulam Ali Khan and a resident of Muftibagh Harwan, Srinagar, is reportedly deceased, said the CBJ spokesperson.
“His current residence is listed as either 604 KGN Tower, Pooja Nagar, near Irani Bakery Mira Road East, PO Thane, Maharashtra, or Flat No. 806, Venus Vasudev Planet Beverly Park, Mira Road (E) Mira- Bhayandar, Thane, Maharashtra,” he said.
“Efforts are being made to procure his death certificate to establish his demise,” the CBJ spokesperson further said.
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