Jammu, Oct 5: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Crime Branch has registered five cases against 16 people for their alleged involvement in multi-crore job, visa, and document frauds and siphoning off large amounts of government funds, an officer said on Sunday.

The accused include top executives of a Chandigarh-based company, some officials of the J-K government, and a lawyer, who swindled more than 50 people, the officer said. The FIRs were filed at the Crime Branch (Economic Offences Wing) Police Station. One of the cases involved top executives of Chandigarh-based Messrs Saphire, including its owner, Jass Bajwa.

The police action came on a complaint by Samba resident Prem Nath, who claimed that he was duped of Rs 17.09 lakh in a visa fraud by the firm’s employees, Senior Superintendent of

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