Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 18: Jammu Police have cracked a major ATM fraud case with the arrest of a habitual offender involved in card swapping and fraudulent withdrawals.
Acting on a complaint by Santosh Kumar of Greater Kailash, City Police registered a case under FIR Number 51/2025 U/S 318(4)/303(2) BNS after the complainant reported that his ATM card was swapped at Shalamar Chowk ATM booth and Rs 10,800 fraudulently withdrawn.
A police team led by SHO City Inspector Shakti Devi, assisted by PSI Imran Hameed, under the supervision of SP City North and SDPO City North, arrested the accused, identified as Shubam Sharma son of Pawan Kumar of Indra Colony, Jammu.
Police recovered Rs 38,500 in cash, three ATM cards, and a Bajaj Pulsar 150 motorcycle with a tampered registration plate used in the crime. During questioning, Sharma confessed to withdrawing another Rs 40,000 from an ATM near the High Court in Janipur and carrying out a similar card-swapping incident at New Plot.
Investigations also revealed that Sharma was earlier arrested by Bus Stand Police in 2024 (FIR Number 19/2024 U/S 420/411/201 IPC) along with his associate Vipin Kumar of Uttar Pradesh in a similar case of ATM fraud but was later bailed out.
Police said the arrest has led to significant recovery and exposed the accused’s repeated modus operandi. Further investigation is underway to ascertain the ownership of the seized ATM cards and motorcycle.
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