Impersonator posing as Army Major charge-sheeted for Rs 5 lakh job fraud

Economic Offences Wing :Crime Branch Jammu produced 313 page charge-sheet against accused – Deepak Kumar S/o Parshotam Lal R/o Village Nathel Chak, Sanji Morh Tehsil Hiranagar District Kathua in case FIR No. 53/2023 U/S 419, 420 IPC P/S EOW, Crime Branch, Jammu in the Hon’ble Court of law for judicial determination for his involvement in luring the complainant by impersonating as Army Major to arrange a job in MES for the victim against
monetary considerations of Rs 5 Lakh with the ulterior motive of cheating.

The accused is a habitual cheat involved in multiple cases of cheating & fraud. A written complaint was lodged by the Complainant – Darshan Kumar S/o Hans Raj R/o Mansar Tehsil & District Samba, alleging therein that the accused Deepak Kumar S/o Parshotam Lal came into contact of his wife in the month of July 2021 at Dev Sthan, village Nud Tehsil & District Samba and thereafter visited the house of the complainant, impersonating himself as Major in Indian Army and allured the complainant for arranging job in favour of his brother in law in lieu of monetary consideration of Rs. 5 Lakh as there were vacancies in MES. He also asked him to arrange all necessary documents for the purpose and ultimately duped him of his hard earned money.

On receipt of the complaint a Preliminary Verification was conducted and the allegations levelled were prima facie established leading to the registration of formal case FIR under the relevant sections of law for in-depth probe. During the course of investigation all material evidence in the form of documentary record was collected from concerned quarters besides statements of complainant/ witnesses were recorded and allegation proved against the accused. Accused is involved in 02 more cases for commission of crime of similar nature.

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