Couple among four arrested by CB for defrauding people in crores
Jammu: Crime Branch Jammu Tuesday arrested four persons-including the mastermind and his wife- for duping people of money worth crores through fraudulent means on the pretext of huge returns.
A handout issued by the CB Jammu said that the main accused, Tariq Mehmood son of Mohammad Aziz, a resident of village Chhugan in Poonch District’s Tehsil Mendhar was arrested by a team of its officers on Tuesday.
Upon interrogating him, it came to the CB’s knowledge that Mehmood is a Pharmacist presently posted at health sub-centre Bathoi, Mahore in District Reasi who has reportedly been suspended by the authorities.
After his suspension, Mehmood along with another co-accused opened a company under the name of ‘Hablas e-Commerce Pvt. Ltd’ based at Mendhar in Poonch District, the CB said.
It said that the duo after opening the company in the month of February last year, “collected money from different individuals on the pretext of providing them various products with huge interest of principle amount”.
“In this process, he collected huge amounts from different individuals in crores,” the CB handout said adding that the accused had “admitted that he has committed a mistake”.
Mehmood has also disclosed before the CB that out of money collected from the different individuals he has purchased a house for an amount of Rs 1.20 crore from one Kala Bali located a Dhaki Mendhar and has also paid Rs 1.21 crore to Showket Khan, a contractor, Rs 40 lakh to one Mohammad Shafi, Rs 60.00 lakh to one Nissar Ahmed, Rs 30.00 lakh to one Mushtafa Ahmed and Rs 35.00 lakh to Mohammad Rafiq on 10% interest.
“Besides, he has kept about Rs 1.00 crore with his father in law Nazir Hussain and an equal amount each with his other co-accused persons,” the CB said.
While Mehmood has been lodged in district jail Amphala on judicial remand, his wife, Shazia Kouser and Advocate Jaffar Iqbal son of Nizam Din a resident of Gujjar Mohallah upper Paloura Jammu were also “found involved hand in glove with the accused…for indulging in illegal business to extort money from the people fraudulent means”, the CB said.
Both were arrested on Monday and are on police remand for interrogation.
On Shazia’s disclosure, the CB said that an amount of Rs 10.00 lakh have been recovered “which was kept under cantonment in the residential quarter of lecturer Mehmood Ahmed who also absconding”.
“The accused persons are being interrogated to unveil the further facts to affect further possible recovery as well as trail of money collected by them from various individuals fraudulently,” the CB said.
Two vehicles have also been recovered from the arrestee persons by the CB Jammu.
Earlier, on May 16, a complaint was lodged at Police Station Mendhar by Abdul Karim a resident Pathanteer Mendhar and others alleging that the main accused along with his accomplices “duped crores of rupees from the inhabitants of Tehsil Mendhar and its surrounding areas on the pretext of providing different products with huge interest”.
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