JAMMU: Crime Branch (EOW) Jammu has presented a chargesheet before the Hon’ble Court against Puneet Rasutra S/o LT. Sham Lal Rasutra R/O Rehari for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore cheating and forgery case.
A case FIR No. 23/2019 U/S 420, 471, 201 RPC was registered on the complaint of Munish Bhatia, a resident of Canal Road, Jammu, who alleged that the accused induced him and his brother to mortgage their property as collateral security for availing bank loans by falsely claiming to have secured an Army contract worth approximately Rs 16 crore. The accused allegedly produced a forged supply order purportedly issued by 107 Engineer Regiment, C/o 99 APO, to obtain an additional overdraft facility of Rs 4 crore from J&K Bank, Trikuta Nagar Branch.
Investigation conducted by Crime Branch Jammu established that the purported Army supply order was fake and forged, as the concerned Army authorities confirmed that no such work order had ever been issued. The complainant and his brother reportedly suffered a loss of about Rs 10 crore and had to liquidate the outstanding liabilities to get their mortgaged property released.
The investigation further revealed that the accused, acting in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy, used forged and fabricated documents to fraudulently obtain huge credit facilities, thereby causing huge wrongful loss to the complainant and the bank.
Accordingly, the chargesheet has been filed before the competent court for judicial determination.
SSP Crime Branch (EOW) Jammu Faisal Qureshi appealed to the public to report such similar instances of financial fraud, stating that timely information from citizens would help investigating agencies identify offenders and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.
