India News | Man Arrested for Duping People in Jammu

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday arrested a man for allegedly duping several people here on the pretext of investing in Kotak Securities, officials said.

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Jammu, Jul 9 (PTI) The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday arrested a man for allegedly duping several people here on the pretext of investing in Kotak Securities, officials said.

The Crime Branch, Jammu, arrested the accused, identified as Mohinder Paul Sharma, of Kathua for impersonating a regional head of Kotak Securities and duping gullible people, they said. 

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Sharma was arrested from Muthi area of Jammu city after a team of the Crime Branch tracked him, the officials added. 

According to a written complaint lodged by one Sham Sunder Gupta of Jammu, the accused duped him and other people worth lakhs of rupees on the pretext of investing in Kotak Securities, they said.

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The accused is presently remanded in police custody so that an investigation into the case is done.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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