Crime Branch Jammu arrests Absconder fraudster for forging fake appointment orders and cheating unemployed youth

Crime Branch Jammu arrests Absconding fraudster since 2015 for forging fake appointment orders and cheating unemployed youth. The fraudster has past conduct of 9(Nine) FIR's against him & one arrest warrant u/s 512 CrPC pending against him.

In consecutive fifth raid in the current year Crime Branch Jammu arrested Abdul Hamid Dar @Zahid S/O Sana-Ullah Dar R/o Village Kalantra P/S KareeriBaramulla A/P HMT Opposite Hr. Sec. School Zainakot Srinagar in case FIR No. 28/2015 U/s 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC being a prime accused in fake appointment racket in Army. Innocent gullible unemployed youth were duped of their hard earned money by the fraud gang. The arrested cheat was not cooperating in the investigation of the instant case and was constantly absconding to evade his arrest by changing his locations frequently.

A written complaint was lodged in Crime Branch Jammu by one Radhy Sham S/O ChuniLal R/o village Kanah Tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua, alleging therein that in the year 2009 complainant came into contact with one SwarnLal S/o Daya Ram R/o Village MaheshaChak Tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua who introduced himself to be a Govt. employee and brother of an Army officer and told the complainant that he can arrange jobs in the Territorial Army in lieu of Rs.1.5 lacs per person. As many as twelve unemployed persons were allured by the accused SwarnLal to pay him Rs. 50,000/- per head as advance and Rs. 1 lakh after getting appointment order and a huge amount was extorted by the accused person along with accused Hamid Dar from unemployed youths at DayalaChakHiranagar District Kathuaand after that at Srinagar also.

The accused is a habitual offender and notorious criminal who operates with his associates by adopting same modus operandi and 8 cases are found to be registered against the said gang in various Police Stations of J&K viz (1) FIR No. 62/2012 P/S Maisuma Srinagar (2) FIR No. 36/2014 P/S Crime Branch Kashmir (3) FIR No. 27/2015 P/S Crime Branch Jammu (4) FIR No. 15/2016 P/S Crime Branch Kashmir (6) FIR No. 65/2016 U/S Crime Branch Kashmir (7) FIR No. 124/2017 P/S Ram MunshiBagh, Srinagar and (8) FIR No.7/2019 Crime Branch Kashmir. More complaints are likely to come forth.

On receipt of complaint a preliminary enquiry was initiated and allegations were prima-facie substantiated and the instant case was registered at P/S Crime Branch Jammu against (1) SwarnLal S/O Daya Ram R/O MaheshaChak Tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua (2) Abdul Hamid Dar S/O Sana-Ullah Dar R/O Village Kalantra District Baramula A/P HMT Zainakot opposite Hr. Sec School Srinagar and others.