JAMMU: Crime Branch Jammu on Friday registered FIR against a fraudster, Atul Chibber for duping a woman of Rs 44 lakh, on the pretext of helping in running business of her husband, who was murdered in Punjab in 2013.
According to CB, a complaint was lodged by one Babita Jain, wife of Late Vinod Kumar Jain, resident of SIDCO Industrial Complex, Bari Brahmana, Jammu, duly forwarded by Ist Addl. Munsiff, Forest Magistrate, Jammu, wherein she had alleged that her husband was running a unit of manufacturing of cotton seed cakes at Mehtpur, Himachal Pradesh and SIDCO Industrial Complex, Bari Brahmana, Jammu but was murdered on February 14, 2013 owning to certain property disputes, leaving behind her and two minor sons.
The complaint alleges that one Atul Chibber, son of Late Madan Lal Chibber, resident of Channi Himmat, Jammu who had relatives in Hoshiarpur, Punjab ,residing near her parental house, approached her and convinced her that he can help her in running the industrial units upon which, while imposing trust she allowed him to look after her business.
The accused Atul Chibber in order to further gain her trust also convinced her to extend help in contesting the murder case and after some time with the predetermined criminal mind he took an amount of Rs 44 lakhs through bank transactions and cash on the pretext of arranging raw material supplies for her cotton seed units and some other investments and in this regard also provided an agreement and hundies but after taking such a huge amount he neither provided the raw material nor returned her money. Even on making repeated requests to the accused Atul Chibber, she was threatened of dire consequences and elimination. Atul even didn’t bother to return her amount and even switched off his mobile Numbers 9419199235 and 8803502493. On the receipt of complaint, a preliminary verification was initiated in Crime Branch, Jammu and during the course of verification it was found that accused Atul Chibber came in contact with the complainant and after alluring her with the criminal intention and false pretexts he received an amount of Rs. 44 lakhs from her out of which Rs 8 lakh were received through cheques which were credited in his bank account maintained in IDBI Bank, Bahu Plaza, Jammu and Rs. 36 lakh were received in cash. It was also found that the accused in order to further cheat her also gave false and fake receipts in the shape of agreements and hundies and later duped her.
Accordingly, a formal case has been registered against the fraudster Atul Chibber, son of Late Madan Lal Chibber, resident of Channi Himmat, Jammu under section 420,406,465,466,467,468,506 RPC and investigation has been set in motion.