Diplomat Correspondent
Jammu,DD: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Crime Branch has registered five separate FIRs against 16 individuals for their alleged involvement in multi-crore visa frauds, fake job rackets, document forgery, and embezzlement of government funds.
According to SSP Crime Jammu, Benam Tosh, the accused include top executives of a Chandigarh-based company, several J&K government officials, and a lawyer.
One of the FIRs names Jass Bajwa, owner of Chandigarh-based Messrs Saphire, along with company officials Yuvraj Singh Sandhu (manager), Gagan (counsellor), Devinder Singh (refund in-charge) and Shalika (authorised signatory). The case was filed after Prem Nath of Samba reported being cheated of ₹17.09 lakh in a visa scam.
In another case, Choudhary Mushtaq of Rajouri was booked for allegedly duping 41 job aspirants of ₹1.43 crore by promising appointments in the Territorial Army and issuing fake orders.
Two Samba residents, Hem Raj and Kavya Nayyar, have also been booked for allegedly taking ₹18.55 lakh from Avinash Singh of Bhaderwah on the pretext of securing a managerial job in the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Katra.
In a separate FIR, several officials of Jammu Power Development Corporation Limited (JPDCL) posted in Batote area of Ramban were accused of forging the signature of a retired executive engineer, Shakti Singh, to withdraw large sums of government money. The FIR was registered on court directions.
Another complaint registered by Nasir Ali of Poonch alleges that three persons, including a lawyer, forged an affidavit in a compensation case.
Investigations in all the cases are underway, officials said. (KNC)
