STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Crime Branch (CB) Jammu booked a person for duping Rs. 9.50 lakh from his friend’s mother by fraudulent withdrawal through her stolen ATM card besides stealing 19 Tolas of Gold jewellery worth Rs. 6 lakh.
CB Jammu has registered a case against Siddharth Sharma, son of Rajinder Sharma, resident of 27, Pacci Dhakki, Jammu for the aforesaid offences.
According to the CB Jammu, one Lachi Devi, widow of Late Kali Charan, resident of Jyotipuram, Reasi had alleged that the ATM Card of her bank account maintained in the State Bank of India branch Jyotipuram, Reasi was stolen by one Siddharth Sharma from her house as he was the friend of her son. She also provided the cell phone number of the accused to the Crime Branch Jammu. She informed that when she did not find her ATM card at home she visited the aforesaid bank branch to block the same but to her surprise the bank authorities after verification told her that an amount of Rs. 9.50 lakh was fraudulently withdrawn from her account through the use of aforesaid ATM card by Siddharth Sharma.
On the receipt of this complaint, a discreet inquiry was initiated into the matter at Crime Branch, Jammu and during the course of enquiry it was found that accusations made by the complainant are true and Siddharth Sharma had gone underground in order to evade the legal process.
The omissions and commissions therefore on the part of Siddharth Sharma, prima facie constitutes offences punishable under Section 380 RPC read with Section 66B and 66C of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
