Fraudster, who duped man of Rs 5 lakh by posing as Army major, chargesheeted

Jammu, Dec 06 (KNS): The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Jammu produced 313 page charge-sheet against an accused for duping a man of Rs 5 lakh by posing as army major and provide job to his brother-in-law in the Army. 


In a statement, issued to KNS, a spokesperson said that the chargesheet was filer against Deepak Kumar of Kathua in case FIR No. 53/2023 U/S 419, 420 IPC P/S EOW for judicial determination. 

The statement reads that the accused is a habitual cheat involved in multiple cases of cheating & fraud. “A written complaint was lodged by the one Darshan Kumar of Samba, alleging therein that the accused came into contact with his wife in July 2021 and thereafter visited their house, impersonating himself as army major,” it reads

It added that the accused allured the complainant for arranging job for his brother-in-law by paying 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 were prima facie established. Later a formal FIR was registered against the accused,” it said. 

As per the statement during the course of investigation all material evidence in the form of documentary record was collected, besides statements of complainant and witnesses were recorded and allegation proved against the accused. “Accused is involved in two more cases for commission of crime of similar nature.” (KNS)

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