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Jammu Crime Branch files chargesheet against 7 in J&K Bank loan scam

Jammu, May 17 (UNI) The Jammu Crime Branch on Saturday filed a supplementary chargesheet against seven accused, including the then Bank Manager (now demoted), in a five-crore J&K Bank loan scam.
An official spokesman here said that the accused against whom chargesheet has been filed are the then J&K Bank Manager (Scale-II), branch Rajouri Jatinder Singh (now demoted ) of Narwal Bala Jammu, fake JE Waqar Ahmed of Chandak Dingla Poonch, fake JE (RDD) Zaheer Ahmed of Ari, Mendhar Poonch, fake Horticulture Technician-II in Water Shed RDD Poonch, Zafar Iqbal of Ari Mendhar Poonch, and fake Horticulture Technician-I in IWMP RDD Poonch, Mohd Shakeel of Nowshera Rajouri, fake Horticulture Technician- II Mohd. Shafiq of Ari Mendhar Poonch, contractual employee of IWMP (now terminated) Saleem Yousuf Bhatti of Narol, Mendher, Tehsil Poonch.
Of the seven accused, the two main conspirators -- demoted J&K Bank Manager Jatinder Singh and Saleem Yousuf Bhatti are still in jail, whereas the other five accused have been bailed out.
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