Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 3: In a case of cheating on the pretext of providing interest free loan to unemployed educated youth, Crime Branch Jammu has booked three persons from Haryana and New Delhi.
A case under Sections 420, 465, 466, 467, 471, 120-B RPC has been registered against Prem Chand of Sirsa Haryana, Amit Kumar of Shanti Nagar Haryana and Anil Kumar of Tilak Nagar New Delhi for cheating and inducing the complainant to deposit Rs 2,42,450 in Bajaj Finance Company for providing loan at zero percent interest.
As per the case, complainant Bachan Singh of Nowshera in Rajouri approached Crime Branch alleging that he was duped by Bajaj Finance Company, which had published an advertisement in a national Hindi daily claiming to provide loan at zero percent interest to the unemployed youth without guarantee. After Bachan Singh contacted the said company through phone, he was asked by one Mukesh Kumar to submit couple of requisite documents and two passport sized photographs through e-mail for processing the loan. After some time, the complainant was asked to deposit Rs 2, 42,450 in different account numbers, which he did. However, later he came to know that some unidentified callers had duped him.
On receipt of the complaint, Crime Branch initiated an inquiry and during the course of investigation, call details of the Bajaj Finance Company were collected as well as the account numbers in which the amount was deposited. These account numbers in State Bank of India were in the name of the accused, who were booked by the Crime Branch.
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