CB books J&K Bank officials, others in separate fraud cases
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Crime Branch on Tuesday booked J&K Bank Officers, Ex-Junior Assistant, LIC Agent, property dealer and several others for different frauds by registering four separate FIRs.
The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered four separate FIRs against several individuals, including J&K Bank officials, a former government employee, an LIC agent, and a property dealer, in connection with serious frauds and criminal conspiracies.
According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Crime Jammu, Benam Tosh, the cases-FIR Nos. 29/2025, 30/2025, 31/2025, and 32/2025 have been registered at Police Station Crime Branch (EOW) Jammu following multiple complaints and directions from the courts and government departments and in-depth investigations started.
In the first case, SSP Crime Jammu said, on the written complaint of Cluster Head, J&K Bank Ltd. Zonal Office, Doda, CB registered case against the then Associate Executive J&K Bank Branch Bebrota Ramban, Sanjeev Sharma (now terminated), son of Mool Raj Sharma, resident of Ambedkar Nagar Paloura Jammu, the then Branch Head J&K Bank Branch Bebrota Ramban, Bharat Bhagat, son of Girdhari Lal Bhagat, resident of old Janipur at present Bantalab Jammu and others for committing criminal breach of trust, criminal conspiracy and embezzlement of Rs 64.67 lakh from the FDs/term deposits, Saving accounts and KCC accounts of 42 innocent bank customers.
In another case, SSP said, on the written communication received from GAD, CB has registered an FIR against Imran Nazir, son of Nazir Hussain, resident of Khabla Behrote Thannamandi, Rajouri, who was appointed as Junior Assistant in the J&K Secretariat (Subordinate) Service under ST Category vide Government Order No. 762-JK (GAD) of 2022 dated June 24, 2022 on the recommendation of the J&K Service Selection Board and joined in GAD on June 27, 2022, for producing fake/false certificate of Bachelor Degree in Information Technology, purported to be issued by Karnataka State Open University Muktha Gangotri, Mysore.
In compliance with the Learned Court directions on the written complaint of Kewal Krishan Gupta, son of Rohlu Ram, resident of Nanak Nagar Jammu, SSP said, CB has registered a case against LIC agent Rahul Shakdar, son of Jawer Lal, resident of Anand Nagar, Bohri, Jammu for duping the complainant of Rs 23 lakh on the pretext of getting appointed his grandson as AAO in the Ministry of MSME, Delhi.
In another significant case, SSP Crime Jammu said, on the complaint of Narinder Kour and Harminder Pal Singh both residents of Channi Himmat Jammu and in compliance with court directions, Crime Branch has registered an FIR against Property Dealer Muneer Hussain, son of Noor Hussain, resident of Rajpur Kholar, Tehsil Bari Brahmana, District Samba, Jeetinder Singh, son of Kulwant Singh, resident of Sopore, at present Sector-47, Chandigarh, Manmeet Singh, son of Kulwant Singh, resident of Sopore, at present Nanak Nagar Jammu, Dara Singh, resident of Nanak Nagar, Jammu and others for inducing hard earned money of the complainant by committing cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy on the pretext of providing piece of land at Chak Ratno, Jammu.