Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 1: Crime Branch Kashmir arrested a cheater for duping a person under the garb of security deposit.
As per official spokesman, Crime Branch Kashmir was directed by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Anantnag to investigate into the allegations leveled by the applicant namely Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh of Gohan Court Road Vailoo Kokernag, (Proprietor of M/s United Masala Mills) with regard to cheating committed by Khalid Sahni for inducing the complainant to supply spices and edibles to Defence (Northern Command) and thereby extracted an amount of Rs 11.61 lakh from him under the garb of security deposit.
The spokesman added that Crime Branch initiated a preliminary verification and the enquiry conducted revealed that the complainant and his spouse are the sole proprietors’ i.e manufacturer and supplier of spices under the name and style M/s United Masalla Mill situated at Loher Senzi Kokernag, Anantnag. The suspect Khalid Sahni, son of Mohammad Farooq Sahni of Rajbagh Srinagar approached the complainant under the belief of being a registered supplier for defence (Army) and longing to do business with the complainant. The parties entered into an agreement and the suspect was inducted as a partner of the said Mill, however, the assets and the title rights exclusively belonged to the complainant and his spouse.
“It also transpired that the suspect induced the complainant to pay an amount of Rs 11.61 lakh as security deposit to Defence. Two cheques were issued in favour of complainant for procurement of raw material, but were dishonored by the concerned bank. It was found that the suspect under the garb has extracted an amount of Rs 11.61 lakh dishonestly and fraudulently from the complainant as the security deposit thereby caused wrongful gain upon himself against the corresponding loss to the complainant by resorting to cheating and fraud”, the spokesman said, adding that accordingly a case under FIR Number 38/18 under Section 420 RPC was registered at Police Station Crime Branch Kashmir and the accused Khalid Sahni has been arrested.
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