STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Special Crime Wing (SCW) of Crime Branch Jammu on Saturday produced another Challan in an embezzlement case against one Vinod Kumar, who had embezzled the cash meant for ATM Chest.
Sharing details, SSP SCW Jammu Sanjay Parihar said the bank authorities had reported a matter of embezzlement in cash by one of their employees, who was supposed to deposit the cash in the ATM chest.
Accordingly, Parihar said, a case under relevant sections of law was registered at Police Station Domana against the Bank employee, namely Vinod Kumar, son of Sham Lal, resident of Q. No.108, Janipur colony, Jammu at present Thather Bantalab, who by committing criminal breach of trust had embezzled money worth Rs. 23,84,400, which was meant to be deposited in the chest of the ATM and thereby cheated his employer.
The SSP said that the case was initially investigated by local police but later on transferred to Crime Branch’s Special Crime Wing, Jammu for in depth investigation and was entrusted to Insp. Ashok Bazaz (I/O of the case) for thorough investigation.
The IO has very professionally investigated the case and the final charge sheet was produced in the court of Electricity Magistrate Jammu for judicial determination, Parihar added.
“Pertinently, three more FIRs of similar nature registered in different Police Stations of Jammu i.e. Akhnoor, Bakshi Nagar and Janipur, had also been transferred to Crime Branch, Special Crime Wing Jammu, out of which, two have been challaned by the same IO,” Parihar said, adding that the total amount involved in all these cases is approximately Rs. 70 lakhs.
