Two absconders held after 7-yr hunt
Jammu, December 9
Two persons, facing charges of duping several unemployed youths on the pretext of securing jobs for them abroad, were arrested here after a long hunt of seven years, a Jammu Crime Branch official said on Wednesday.
Kailashpati and his brother Mukesh, both residents of Maslaie Dhandal village in Kishtwar, were nabbed in a meticulously planned operation by a special team that had specific inputs regarding their whereabouts, said the Crime Branch spokesperson.
He said a case was registered in the Jammu Crime Branch against the duo in 2013 for allegedly luring unemployed youths from remote hilly villages on the pretext of arranging jobs for them abroad and then duping them of Rs 21.5 lakh.
A chargesheet was filed against the duo in a Jammu court but as the accused persons were at large and evading arrest, the court had declared them absconders under Section 512 of the CrPC.
“The accused were constantly evading arrest by frequently changing locations both inside and out of J&K ever since the FIR was lodged against them,” the spokesperson said. — PTI
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