Srinagar : Police on Saturday said that it has arrested two fraudsters involved in fake job scam and extortion in south Kashmir’s Baramulla district..
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar here police said Police on 11th January this year received information that two self-styled political activists from Pattan area are demanding money on the assurances that they will arrange Govt. Jobs and are providing fake appointment orders and are also threatening the general public, Stating therein further that accordingly, police registered a case under relevant sections of law at Police Station Pattan and investigation was initiated.
Stating that during preliminary course of investigation, Police while utilizing all technical and human intelligence arrested two accused persons identified as Ubaid Nazir Sofi and Mohammad Iqbal Mian involved in the commission of crime, Police in it’s above referred statement further said that during the further course of investigation, officers learnt that these scamsters were cheating common people on the pretext of giving jobs in police department and taking huge amount of money from them. Police in it’s statement also said “It also came to fore that once the victim starts asking money back, they used to issue threats to them. Further investigation into the matter is on”.
In the concluding para of the above quoted statement police appealed general public to remain cautious and not fall prey to fraudsters/scammers offering various benefits/deals.
