Couple charge-sheeted in Rs. 35 lakhs Kitty Party fraud: Crime Branch Jammu

JAMMU 31 Dec 2023 : Economic Offences Wing – Crime Branch Jammu presented 396 page charge-sheet against accused – 1) Pinky Gupta @ Saroj Gupta W/o Sh. Shiv Partap Gupta and 2) Shiv Partap Gupta S/o Lt. Sh. Tilak Raj Gupta R/o H. No. 48, Lane No. 6, Green Enclave, near J&K Board of School Education, Rehari Colony, Jammu, A/P Kudson, Gujarat in case FIR No. 18/2015 P/S EOW, Crime Branch, Jammu in the Hon’ble Court of law for judicial determination. The charge-sheet was produced after allegations of hatching criminal conspiracy, cheating and defrauding the complainant and other gullible citizens of their hard earned money by luring them to deposit money in the garb of Kitty parties with the promise of paying hefty interests, were proved during the investigation.

A written complaint was lodged by Smt. Neelam Malhotra W/o Sh. K.K. Malhotra R/o 26-Patel Nagar Lane No. 1, Talab Tillo, Jammu and others in Crime Branch, Jammu wherein the complainant alleged that Pinky Gupta @ Saroj Gupta W/o Sh. Shiv Partap Gupta, Shiv Partap Gupta S/o Sh. Tilak Raj Gupta and Bhasker Gupta S/o Sh. Shiv Partap Gupta all residents of Green Enclave, Near J&K Board of School Education, Rehari Colony, Jammu allured them among other innocent people on the pretext of providing handsome returns on the deposits and after taking the money from them and other persons. Accused fled away in thin air after locking their residence and office, thereby duping them of their hard earned money amounting to Rs. 35.00 lakhs besides duping other innocent people of their hard earned money.

On receipt of the complaint criminal proceedings were initiated against the culprits with the approval of Crime Headquarters as per procedure in vogue. During the course of Preliminary Enquiry the allegations levelled were prima-facie substantiated as the omissions and commissions on the part of accused constitute offences of cheating, criminal misappropriation and criminal conspiracy. Accordingly, a formal case FIR was registered in Police Station, Economic Offences Wing Crime Branch, Jammu against the above mentioned accused persons for in-depth investigation.During the course of investigation all the material evidence – oral and documentary as well as scientific evidence was gathered and the accused persons who were constantly on a run outside the UT of J&K to evade their arrest in the instant case, finally arrested by Crime Branch team in a well coordinated way to bring them to justice which established their involvement in the commission of crime and accordingly the investigation of the case is closed as Challan. However, for their involvement in duping other innocent people, criminal proceedings are being initiated separately.