Srinagar: Police have arrested a married couple who masqueraded as top civil servants and duped people by promising jobs and other favours, officials said today.
The accused have been identified as Manmohan Ganjoo, son of Late Girdhari Lal Ganjoo of Baghat, Srinagar and Ayoush Koul Ganjoo.
A police official said the couple had “duped many persons of lakhs of rupees by promising jobs/transfers & other favours.”
“Manmohan Ganjoo is a suspended police personnel. Laptops, mobiles containing many fake transfer and appointment orders including his own order of induction into IPS seized. Fraudulently possesed cash, jewellery and other incriminating articles also recovered from his house (sic),” said the official.
He said that a case (FIR no 73/2023 u/s 170,419,420,467,468,471 of IPC) has been registered in this regard in Police station Sadder.
“Three victims have come forward so far and reported fraud by this couple. Public is requested not to fall prey to such fraudsters. Victims should report, if they have been duped by this ‘conman-couple’,” added the official.
