Srinagar: The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir on Friday said that it has filed a preliminary charge sheet in an online fraud case before the Hon’ble Court of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Kangan.
The case FIR 28/2025 was filed under sections 318(4), 316(5) read with 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, at Police Station Kangan (transferred to Economic Offences Wing)
In a statement, the CBK said that the case originated from a complaint, wherein it was alleged that one Shahnawaz Ahmad Shah, son of Ghulam Nabi Shah, a resident of Rather Mohalla Kangan working as Probationary Officer, J&K Bank, Branch Kangan, approached him with a fraudulent investment proposal. The complainant was lured into investing in a financial scheme promising lucrative returns through online trading.
Following the registration of the case, the matter was transferred to the Crime Branch Kashmir for in-depth investigation.
During the course of investigation, it came to light that the accused persons are as Shahnawaz Ahmad Shah, son of Ghulam Nabi Shah; Ghulam Nabi Shah, son of Late Ghulam Mohammad Shah; Rumaisa Jan, daughter of Ghulam Nabi Shah, all residents of Rather Mohalla, Kangan, and Amir Bashir Magray, son of Bashir Ahmad Magray, a resident of Bonizal Haripora Kangan, in connivance with one another, hatched a criminal conspiracy and cheated hundreds of innocent people to the tune of more than 53 crore rupees through fraudulent and dishonest means, under the pretext of online financial trading schemes.
Accordingly, a preliminary charge-sheet in the matter has been submitted before the Hon’ble Court of Law for judicial determination.
Pertinent to mention here that four accused individuals have already been arrested in the matter, reads the statement.
