Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: The Economic Offences Wing today arrested an accused individual allegedly involved in a multi-crore rupee fraud case and conducted raids at several locations in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Economic Offences Wing (EoW), formerly known as the Crime Branch Kashmir, arrested Shahid Rehman Bhat of Shangus, Nowgam Anantnag, the proprietor of M/S AR Trading Agri Services Pvt. Ltd. Raids were also conducted as part of the ongoing investigation.
The EoW registered a case following multiple written complaints, wherein it was alleged that Bhat had cheated them on the pretext of providing them high density apple plants.
“The complainants alleged that after collecting large sums of money, the accused neither provided the promised apple saplings nor returned the money, and had subsequently gone into hiding,” the EoW said .
Bank transaction details submitted by the victims revealed that Bhat had fraudulently acquired crores of rupees from gullible farmers and other complainants.
The accused had recently filed a bail application, which was rejected by the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge, Anantnag. |
