SRINAGAR: The Crime Branch (CB) has registered cases against six individuals, including a Jammu Kashmir Bank employee, for allegedly duping 15 candidates of Rs 1.34 crore under the pretext of securing them jobs in the Territorial Army and JK Bank.
Two complaints with identical allegations were filed with the Crime Branch. In the first case, complainants Jugal Kumar and Gopal Chand, residents of Samba, were promised jobs in the Territorial Army’s sports category by accused Tarsem Singh and Balbir Singh.
The complainants transferred money to the accused via cheques, online payments, and cash. The accused prepared fake call letters, purportedly signed and stamped by senior officers, indicating the complainants’ joining in the Territorial Army. However, when the complainants reported for duty, they were denied entry and realised they had been defrauded.
The accused also withheld the complainants’ original qualification certificates and other documents and refused to return them. It is alleged that the accused charged Rs 9 lakh per candidate through fraudulent means.
In another case, Sahil Choudhary, a resident of Dabber Potha, Nowshera, Rajouri, lodged a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Bureau, which was later forwarded to the Crime Branch (Economic Offences Wing) Jammu. Sahil alleged that Sunny Sharma, a resident of Laroka, Qila Darhal, and Bisharat Hussain Mirza, a resident of Jamola, Manjakot, Rajouri, promised him a permanent Class IV position in JK Bank for Rs 8 lakh.
The complainant, along with his grandmother, met the accused, who introduced them to Majid Ali, a JK Bank employee from Srinagar, and Imran Tantray, also from Srinagar. The accused demanded payment before delivering an appointment order. The complainant transferred Rs 7.9 lakh to accounts provided by the accused.
After receiving the payment, Majid Ali handed the complainant a fake appointment order for the post of Banking Attendant at JK Bank, Business Unit Dalhori, Rajouri. However, when the complainant presented the order at the Dalhori branch, the branch head informed him it was fraudulent.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Crime Jammu, Benam Tosh, confirmed the registration of two cases (FIR No. 07/2025 and FIR No. 08/2025) at the Economic Offences Wing, Crime Branch Jammu. Investigations are ongoing. (ANB)
