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J&K Crime Branch books bank manager, former cop among 11 in worth crores frauds, scams

Jammu, Aug 3 (UNI) The Jammu wing of Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch has booked a bank manager, former police personnel among 11 persons in worth crores fraud case.
The crime branch spokesman here today said that the a Bank Manager of State Bank of India bank, a police official (now voluntarily retd.) among eleven individuals have been booked in five separate FIRs for frauds like MBBS seat scam, visa fraud, Government jobs and land scams, involving huge amount of Rs 3.12 crore .
He said that a case has been registered against SBI Bank Manager, Javaid Ashraf Bhatti of Bahu Apartment Gandhi Nagar, Jammu and others on two separate written complaints wherein it was alleged that the manager duped the complainants of huge amount of Rs.1.78 crore on the pretext of selling petrol pump at Kalakote, Rajouri under the name and style of Kala Kote Filling Station, of which he was not the owner.
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