After busting an interstate gang of thieves in September, which had duped Kathua resident Vijay Gupta of Rs 35.6 lakh, the crime branch of the police recovered the whole amount on Friday and handed it over to Gupta.
The crime branch, Jammu, had arrested seven accused, including three masterminds, in September and initially recovered Rs 15 lakh from their possession.
Mubassir Latifi, Senior Superintendent of Police, crime branch, Jammu, said they had managed to recover the entire amount of Rs 35.6 lakh after putting in hard efforts during investigation into the case.
The accused have been identified as Chander Shaker Kandpal, Shiv Kumar, Anil Kumar, Arun Dass, Rajeev Tanwar, Sachin Bhardwaj and Pushkar Chaudhary. They were arrested from Delhi and its outskirts.
The SSP said on a complaint by the complainant in the munsiff court, Jammu, and orders passed thereupon, dated October 14, the entire amount was recovered by the crime branch and kept in safe custody. He said the money was handed over to the complainant on Saturday.
Latifi said the investigation into the case was still on as officials of some of the nationalised and private banks and insurance companies were involved in the case and had shared data pertaining to their clients with the fraudsters.
The police officer, while handing over the money to the complainant during a ceremony in the conference hall of the crime branch, appealed to the public to avoid unsolicited calls and not share account numbers, PIN codes, ATM card numbers, credit card numbers, CVV codes and internet banking passwords with anybody, including bank and insurance company officials.
