Srinagar, September 27 (KNS) Crime Branch Jammu arrested a person in a fraud case.
A statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS) reads: One accused arrested in case FIR No. 26/2022 U/S 420, 120-B RPC Police Station Crime Branch, Jammu by Special Crime Wing, Jammu."
The accused Navdeep Singh S/O Nirmal Singh R/O H.No. 15, Sector No. 04 Sanjay Nagar, Jammu was arrested by Special Crime Wing, Jammu for his involvement in cheating, fraud and alluring the amount of Rs. 4.5 Lacs from the complainant in case FIR No. 26/2022 U/S 420, 120-BRPC Police Station Crime Branch, Jammu.
The brief facts of the case are that, a written complaint was lodged by the complainant (name withheld) alleging therein that Navdeep Singh (accused) claiming himself to be proprietor
of NAS Enterprises Malik Market Channi Rama, Jammu approached him and told him that he has been given a contract for installation of 13 HVDS Electrical Poles at DT, 56 Sector-4, Channi
Himmat, Jammu and also installation of 32 HVDS Electrical Poles at RC Feeder 1, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, statement reads.
The accused alongwith his accomplices promised to pay Rs. 12000 per pole to the complainant, thereby in connivance with eachother, hatched a criminal conspiracy with dishonest intention and allured a sum of Rs 4.5 lacs as advance money from the complainant through cheques and cash for the installation of electric poles, it added.
Accordingly, after a preliminary verification, a case FIR No. 26/2022 U/S 420, 120-B RPC Police Station Crime Branch, Jammu was registered for in-depth investigation, it said.
A team of Special Crime Branch, Jammu arrested the accused from Udhampur, who was evading his arrest since lodgement of case and had gone to Srinagar.
Further the investigation of case is going on and more arrests are expected. (KNS)