STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Special Crime Wing (SCW) of Crime Branch Jammu on Wednesday in a significant development arrested one Deepak Kumar, son of Parshotam Lal, resident of Nathal Chak, Tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua who is involved in series of cheating cases registered at Crime Branch Jammu from 2018 to 2024.
“The cases registered against Deepak Kumar are FIR No. 25/2021 U/S 419,420 IPC of PS Crime Branch Jammu, FIR No. 53/2023 U/S 419,420 IPC of PS Crime Branch Jammu, FIR No. 07/2024 U/S 419,420 1PC of PS Crime Branch Jammu and FIR No. 29/2023 of Uttarakhand State and the current Case FIR No. 01/2023 U/S 419,420 IPC P/S Special Crime Wing Jammu,” Sandeep Mehta, SSP Special Crime wing, CB Jammu told reporters.
Since the accused was dodging the police and was absconding since the registration of the case, a Special team was constituted by SSP, Special Crime Wing of Crime Branch Jammu, Sandeep Kumar Mehta for apprehending the accused which was headed by Insp. Ashok Bazaz of SCW Jammu.
Acting on a specific information, Sandeep Mehta said, the special team of SCW of Crime Branch Jammu apprehended the accused today from the outskirts of Kathua.
The current case pertains to the duping and defrauding the complainant namely Kuldeep Singh, son of Late Bhuri Singh, resident of Village Dabri, Tehsil Goran, District Samba and others by the accused Deepak Kumar who has cheated them of their hard earned money to the tune of Rs. 42.20 lakhs by alluring them of Govt Jobs in the department of MES, Mehta said.
During the course of investigation, Sandeep Mehta added, it came to fore that the accused is an ex-Army man and has left his job in 2018/19 and has subsequently allured the complainants and others and made them transfer the money in the accounts provided by the accused.
“It was also found that the accused was a habitual cheater and was involved in various cases of cheating and fraud in Jammu and outside the UT of J&K,” SSP Mehta said adding that the approximate money as of now duped by the accused is around Rs 1.80 crores. Further investigation in the case is going on and more arrests are expected, he added.