SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K on Sunday said it has filed a chargesheet against two persons in a fake international prize money scam case.
EOW said the chargesheet in FIR No. 24/2017, registered under Section 420 RPC read with Section 66(d) of the IT Act, has been presented before the City Munsif (JMIC) Srinagar after the investigation established the involvement of the accused.
The investigation was initiated following a complaint in which the victim stated that he received a fraudulent phone call claiming that he had won a prize of Rs 2.35 crore along with a car from M/s Chevrolet Motors Promotion Limited, UK. The caller asked the complainant to communicate through an email ID cheprom@liv.co.uk and directed him to deposit money as customs duty into a bank account in the name of Jitu Raj Johari at SBI Branch, Sarai Khawja.
After depositing the said amount, the complainant was further instructed to open an account with the Royal Bank of Scotland and deposit additional amounts as Charges of Transfer (COT) through an NSG agency. Despite depositing the required sums, no prize money was transferred to his account. The caller, identifying himself as “Frank Ban,” continued to mislead the complainant using the email ID frankban@diplomats.com.
The investigation revealed that Jitu Raj Johari, son of Anand Kumar Johari of Faridabad, Haryana, and Suresh Thakur, son of Ramesh Thakur, originally from Muzaffarabad and presently residing in Delhi, were actively involved in the commission of the offence and fraudulently duped the complainant of lakhs of rupees.
Based on oral, documentary, and corroborative evidence, offences under the relevant provisions of law were established against the accused, and the chargesheet has been filed for judicial adjudication, EOW added. — (KIMS)