Jammu crime branch arrests accused in Rs 28-cr fraud, murder case from Chandigarh after 8 years

Tribune News Service

Jammu, August 13

The Jammu Crime Branch has arrested a notorious criminal, who was involved in the Rs 28-crore fraud and murder, from Chandigarh after a gap of eight years.

According to the Crime Branch spokesperson, the accused was identified as Gurdeep Singh of Channi Himmat, Jammu, and was wanted in a finance company fraud and murder since 2012.

“The accused had been absconding for the past eight years and was finally arrested by the Crime Branch on Wednesday. He was declared an absconder under Section 512 of the CrPC by the then First Additional Sessions Court in 2012. He was arrested from Chandigarh after a successful raid conducted by the Crime Beach after developing inputs about his whereabouts,” the spokesperson said.

The absconder, Gurdeep Singh, was also involved in a high-profile case of Channi police station, in which a conspiracy was hatched to assassinate a prominent citizen of Jammu. The accused was also involved in a murder case in Batote area of Ramban district.

Giving a brief background of the case, the spokesperson said a written complaint was lodged by Sardar Joginder Singh with Gandhi Nagar police station alleging that around 100 depositors of Jammu, Kathua, Samba Poonch, Baramulla and Srinagar had deposited their money with a finance company which was opened under the name and style ‘Dutta Financers’ at Nanak Nagar, Jammu, in April 2011.

“When some depositors approached the finance company for the payment of their deposited money and interest thereupon, the directors and other officials of the company refused to pay them. On the receipt of the complaint, a case was registered at the Gandhi Nagar police station, Jammu,” the spokesperson said.

“Keeping in view the sensitiveness and the high-profile nature of the case, and on the insistence of the investors, the investigation of the case was transferred to the Jammu Crime Branch in 2013. During the investigation, it was revealed that the accused persons had duped the general public worth crores and had diverted their deposits to their own use and to procure various assets,” the spokesperson said.