Srinagar : Srinagar Police on Saturday said that it has arrested a habitual fraudster on charges of duping an individual of a substantial sum of money. General public is advised not to fall in his deceitful trap.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that upon a written information from one Rinchen Angchok S/o Kunga Paldan R/o Nang Leh Ladakh, Srinagar Police apprehended the accused person for fraudulently extracting ₹14,48,829 (14.5 lakhs) from the complainant on the pretext of sanctioning a petrol pump on the Leh-Manali highway, using his fake influence to deceive the victim.
Besides, the said accused has been identified as Mirza Sajad Hussain Beigh S/o Mirza Ali Mohd Beigh R/o Khushipora HMT.
Stating that the police has accordingly registered a case FIR No. 117/24 under relevant sections of the law in Police Station Parimpora and the accused person has been arrested.
Police said that during preliminary investigation, it came to fore that the accused person is a habitual offender involved in numerous fraudulent cases across the valley including and an FIR No. 38/18 under section 380, 109, 120 RPC of PS Baramulla, besides an FIR No. 23/13 under section 419, 420, 468, 471 RPC of PS Zadibal and FIR No. 44/23 under section 420, 468, 471, 120 B-IPC of PS Economic Offences Wing, Crime Branch Srinagar.
Moreover, in addition to these cases, the accused has multiple complaints lodged against him under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act in various district Courts. Moreover, several Non-Bailable Warrants of arrest have been issued against him by multiple courts.
Police in its statement said that during further investigation, it surfaced that the Modus Operandi of the accused was to portray himself to be a person of significant influence, often associating himself with political affiliates and participating in the electoral processes to gain security cover. Using this pretext, he would dupe people into believing that he had powerful connections and by gaining the trust of his victims, he would defraud them of large sums of money.
In the concluding para of the above quoted statement police urgedpeople not to fall prey to fraudsters and imposters who portray themselves as influential figures.
