JAMMU, Dec 18: The Special Crime Wing of the Crime Branch Jammu today filed charge sheets against four accused persons in two separate cases of alleged cheating and fraud after completing detailed investigations.
CB said that the first case, FIR number 09/2025 under Section 420 IPC was registered on a complaint from the Branch Manager of Bank of Maharashtra, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
He said the complaint alleged that M/s Shuhul Automobiles Pvt Ltd, an authorised dealer of Mahindra & Mahindra, along with its sales representative Rakesh Sharma of Marh, Jammu, in connivance with others, fraudulently induced the bank to sanction a car loan of Rs 12.07 lakh in favour of M/s CM Enterprises for the purchase of a Mahindra Thar.
During investigation, he said, it was found that although the loan amount was credited to the dealership’s account, the vehicle was neither delivered to the borrower nor hypothecated in favour of the bank, causing financial loss to both the bank and the borrower and wrongful gains to Owais Guroo of House number 11, Guroo Estate, Chanapora, Baghe-Mehtab, Srinagar, Director of M/s Shuhul Automobiles Pvt Ltd, in the fraud.
Accordingly, a charge sheet under Section 420 IPC has been filed, he said. According to him, the case was investigated by Inspector Rajesh Kumar and the charge sheet was presented before the Railway Court, Jammu.
In the second case, FIR number 12/2025 under sections 420 and 120-B IPC, he said, Vinod Kumar and Vishal Kumar, residents of Pandorian, Marh, Jammu, were accused of cheating people by collecting money on the false promise of arranging overseas jobs.
The investigation revealed that the accused assured victims of work visas for Dubai without holding any valid immigration consultant license, in violation of the Emigration Act.
Based on sufficient oral, documentary and circumstantial evidence, the charge sheet was filed before the Court of the Judicial Magistrate, Electricity, Jammu.
SSP Parihar reiterated that the SCW Crime Branch is committed to a zero-tolerance policy against cheating and fraud and will continue to ensure that offenders are brought to justice through due legal process.
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