Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 14: Crime Branch Jammu has booked two fraudsters from Punjab for cheating a Jammu man on OLX by mischievously exchanging their hypothecated Scorpio.
FIR has been registered against Satnam Singh son of Nirmal Singh of Gali No. 07, Near GTB Public SchoolMalout SRI –Sahib Muktsar Punjab and Atul Kumar son of Sandeep Kumar of Street No. 12, Kotkopura Road Muktsar Sahib Punjab.
The case was registered on a written complaint by Parnav Ganjoo of Anand Vihar Bohri Jammu, who had contacted Satnam Singh and Atul Kumar on December 30, 2018 through OLX and made deal to exchange their cars. Subsequently the complainant exchanged his BMW car bearing number DL8CT-3330 with Satnam Singh’s Scorpio bearing number RJ3UA-3679. Satnam Singh handed over the Registration Certificate of Scorpio, copy of Aadhar Card and Blank Transfer set duly signed by owner with undertaking that there is no any kind of liability on said Scorpio. He also gave assurance to the complainant that he will send other documents of Scorpio within few days. After some days, the complainant repeatedly called Satnam Singh but mobile phone of the latter was found switched off. After that the complainant found contact number of Atul Kumar who told him that Scorpio has the liability of loan from AU Small Finance Bank and he would return his BMW car within 2-3 days. However Atul Kumar also switched off his mobile after that.
On receipt of the complaint, a preliminary verification was conducted by Crime Branch Jammu, during which , it was established that Satnam Singh and Atul Kumar hatched a criminal conspiracy to cheat the complainant by exchanging their Scorpio which had the liability of loan of Rs 5.50 lakh of AU Small Finance Bank with BMW Car of complainant and gave assurance to complainant that there is no any loan case on said Scorpio and also handed over the fake documents (transfer set of Scorpio) to complainant. Thus commission of offences under section 420, 465, 467, 468, 120-B IPC against the accused persons were substantiated. In this connection, a formal case FIR has been registered in Crime Branch Jammu and investigation initiated.
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