The Crime Branch (CB) has booked SBI Bank Manager and a police official (now voluntarily retired) among eleven individuals in five separate FIRs for big frauds like MBBS seat scam, visa fraud, Govt jobs & land scams, involving huge amount of Rs 3.12 crore, said SSP Crime Benam Tosh in a statement on Sunday.
CB registered an FIR against SBI Bank Manager Javaid Ashraf Bhatti S/o Ashraf Bhatti R/o Bahu Apartment Gandhi Nagar Jammu and others on two separate written complaints wherein it is alleged that Javed Ashraf Bhatti duped the complainants of huge amount of Rs.1.78 crore on the pretext of selling petrol pump at Kalakote Rajouri under the name and style of Kala Kote Filling Station, of which he was not the owner, the statement said.
Crime Branch has also registered an FIR against SgCt Paramjeet Singh (now voluntarily retd.) S/o Sham Singh R/o Preet Nagar Digiana Jammu on three written complaints wherein it is alleged that Paramjeet Singh, who was a police official, duped the complainants of Rs. 72.93 lakh on the pretext of selling off land at Birpur & Jammu and a residential house at Gangyal Jammu, of which he was not the owner .
CB registered another case against notorious fraudster Fayaj Ahmad Rather @ Raja Fayaj (Prop. of Fayaj International Education Consultancy located in Gandhi Nagar Jammu) S/o Ghulam Hassan Rather R/o 111 Aglar Chirat Zainapora, Shopian for duping Rs 40 lakh from the complainant Anil Gupta on the false promise of arranging admission of his son in MBBS course in ASCOMS Sidhra, Jammu.
Crime Branch has registered yet another FIR against five accused namely Mohd Issaq & Mukhtiar Ahmad of Zanheri Thathri Doda, Tariq Hussein & Mudassir Hussein of Hatmulla Distt Kupwara and Sher Mohd. of Haloor Gandoh Doda for duping Rs 12.70 lakh from four complaints on the pretext of providing government jobs .
CB has also registered a case against Sahil Bhagat S/o Vijay Kumar R/o 222 Shaheed Bharat Sigh Nagar Sujanpur Pathankot and others for duping Rs 36.89 lakh from seven complainants of Bishnah Jammu and Swankha Samba on the pretext of sending them abroad on work visa. The fraudsters also provided fake visas, purportedly for Italy & Australia, to the complainants.
Senior Superintendent of Police Crime Jammu, Benam Tosh confirmed that five cases viz. FIRs No. 39,40,41,42 & 43 of 2025 have been registered at P/S EOW Crime Branch Jammu and investigations are underway.