Fraudster arrested in Srinagar: Police

Srinagar : Police on Wednesday said that it has arrested a fraudster involved in collecting money from public on pretext of issuing digital door number plates in Srinagar.
In a statement issued on Wednesday police said that Police Station Bemina on March 16 received a written complaint from project manager GeoVista Technologies Pvt Limited who stated therein that they have been assigned the task of conducting door to door survey to facilitate Digital door numbering plates to individual households in Srinagar city, but it came to notice that some frauds are collecting Rs 100 from households for issuing the said Digital numbering plates. The complainant, according to the police statement, further stated that the said agency has not authorised any individual to collect the money as the project is free of cost and this mischief is being done to disrepute their company and Srinagar smart City project etc.
Stating further that on receipt of this information, a case vide FIR No.13/2022 under relevant sections of law was registered at Police Station Bemina and investigation was set into motion, police in it’s statement said that during the course of investigation, police team succeeded in identifying the main accused person namely Munawar Rashid Khushoo son of Rashid Ahmad Khushoo resident of Firdous Colony Bemina and was subsequently arrested in the instant case, stating therein furthermore that investigation in the case is going on and more arrests are expected.
In the concluding para of it’s statement police appealed people to be aware of such scams and not to fell prey to fraudsters and report any such suspicious or fraudulent activity as early as possible.