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JAMMU: Crime Branch, Jammu, on Friday, booked a Punjab resident for cheating people by luring them to send abroad on work permits.
According to FIR, a complaint was lodged by one Rahul Kumar, son of Baldev Raj, resident of Kalyanpur Tehsil, Jammu along with ten others and duly forwarded by Special Mobile Magistrate, Jammu, was received in the Crime Branch.
The complainants had alleged that they being unemployed were in search of work when they came across advertisement published in the newspaper regarding work permit for Australia, Canada etc. upon which they contacted one Rajinder Singh, son of Kartar Singh, resident of Bhode Samrai P.O. Jamsher Distt. Jalandhar Punjab, with its office address at H. No. 56/C, Sector 5-A Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
It was further alleged that when contacted Rajinder Singh asked them to visit his office at Trikuta Nagar, Jammu and meet his authorized signatory namely Rozy where it was agreed between the accused and the complainants that an amount of Rs. 1.50 lakh shall be charged, per person, which shall include documentation also and consequently the medical examination of the complainants was conducted at Krishna Diagnostic Centre, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu after charging of Rs. 6,500 each from them and thereafter their passports, photographs, voter Id cards, PAN Cards etc. and an advance payment of Rs. 65,000 each was also taken by him against proper receipt and the complainants were informed that they should come to Delhi for the interview but when they reached Delhi office situated at Nehru Palace they were shocked to hear that the receipts issued by the accused were fake and fabricated on which the complainants tried to contact the accused but the accused didn’t answer their phone calls and thus has cheated them and misappropriated their money dishonestly, as such, the matter may be investigated etc.
During the verification, Crime Branch Jammu it was found on the basis of CDR’s, bank records and other documents that the accused Rajinder Singh with the criminal intention had cheated and duped the complainants of Rs. 7,86,500 on the pretext of providing them work permit abroad and prima facie, a case under sections 420, 406, 465, 466, 467, 468 of RPC was registered.
