J&K Police arrest man for duping Ladakh resident of Rs 14.5 lakh

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said it has arrested a habitual fraudster on charges of duping a Ladakh resident of “a substantial sum of money.”

According to police spokesperson, following written information from Rinchen Angchok, a resident of Ladakh, Srinagar Police apprehended the accused person for fraudulently extracting Rs 14.5 lakh from the complainant on the “pretext of sanctioning a petrol pump on the Leh-Manali highway, using his fake influence to deceive the victim.”

The accused has been identified as Mirza Sajad Hussain Beigh, a resident of Khushipora HMT.

Case under relevant sections of the law stands registered at the Parimpora Police Station and the accused person has been arrested, the police said.

Police said during preliminary investigation, it came to fore that the accused person is a habitual offender involved in numerous fraudulent cases across the Valley.

“The accused has multiple complaints lodged against him under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act in various courts,” the police said. “Moreover, several non-bailable warrants of arrest have been issued against him by multiple courts.”

The police said 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,” the police said.