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JAMMU: Crime Branch (CB) on Wednesday booked six accused, including a bank employee for duping 15 candidates of Rs. 1.34 crore on the pretext of providing jobs in Territorial Army and J&K Bank.
CB official said, “{Two written complaints with same contents were received in Crime Branch wherein the complainants namely Jugal Kumar, son of Sain Dass, resident of Village Shahzad Pur Ramgarh Samba and Gopal Chand, son of Amir Chand, resident of Village Rajpur Jatan Tehsil Ramgarh District Samba and others alleged that Tarsem Singh, son of Balbir Singh and Balbir Singh, son of Khazan Singh, both residents of Dhyansar W.No. 02, Bari Brahmana, District Samba fraudulently told the complainants about the vacancies in sports category in Territorial Army and also demanded money from them and the complainants transferred amount through cheques, online and cash modes in their favour as per their demand.”
Thereafter, official said, the above-mentioned persons prepared fake call letters for the purported to be related with the joining of the complainants in Territorial Army and also put the fake signatures and stamps of senior officers.
“When the complainants went for their joining as per the joining letters, they were not allowed to join and then they realised that fraud was committed with them. The original qualification certificates as well as the other documents are still lying in the possession of accused persons and they refused to return the same. The accused have received Rs. 09 lakhs per head from candidates by fraudulent means,” official said.
Official added, “Another written complaint lodged by Sahil Choudhary, son of Sultan Hussain, resident of Dabber Potha, Tehsil Nowshera, District Rajouri with Anti-Corruption Bureau, Jammu which was got enquired by ACB through SSP Srinagar and SSP Rajouri was received in Crime Branch (EOW) Jammu through PHQ & CHQ in which the complainant alleged that Sunny Sharma, son of Om Parkash, resident of village Laroka, Tehsil Qila Darhal at present Ward No.4 Near Tehsil Office Nowshera, Rajouri and Bisharat Hussain Mirza, son of Faquir Mohd, resident of Jamola, Manjakot, Rajouri came to Nowshera and met the complainant accompanied by his grandmother Shah Begum.”
“Both accused persons brought the complainant and his grandmother under their influence and assured that they would provide permanent appointment of the complainant in the J&K Bank as Class IV employee for which the complainant would have to pay Rs. 8.00 lakhs,” official said and added, “The accused persons further assured that they would receive the said money from complainant only after they would hand over the appointment order to the complainant. The complainant and his grandmother were convinced by the accused persons.”
“The accused persons after sometime introduced the complainant and his grandmother to two other persons namely Majid Ali, resident of Srinagar (employee in J&K Bank Ltd. Hari Singh High Street Branch Batmaloo, Kashmir)and Imran Tantray, resident of Srinagar who asked the complainant to come at Srinagar for his appointment.” official said adding that thereafter complainant alongwith his grandmother went to Srinagar where the complainant met with both accused persons Majid Ali and Imran Tantray.
“During the stay of complainant and his grandmother in Srinagar, the accused persons compelled the complainant to make payment as agreed between them in the accounts provided by accused persons. The complainant made bank transactions of the amount of Rs. 7.90 lakh in the accounts provided by the accused persons.” CB official said adding that on receipt of the aforesaid whole payment, accused Majid Ali called the complainant and handed over the copy of appointment order for the post of Banking Attendant at The Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited, Business Unit: Dalhori Rajouri to the complainant.
Thereafter, the complainant went to J&K Bank Ltd. Branch Dalhori, Rajouri for his joining where the complainant informed by the said Bank Branch Head that the said appointment order is fake and frivolous and no such appointment order was issued, official said.
Senior Superintendent of Police Crime Jammu, Benam Tosh confirmed that two cases viz. case FIR No. 07/2025 and FIR No. 08/2025 have been registered at P/S EOW, Crime Branch Jammu and investigation is underway.