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Srinagar, Oct 9 (IANS) The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday conducted searches in Kulgam district and Awantipora area of Pulwama district in connection with a job fraud/fraud case, an official statement said.
“Special Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch conducted searches at Awantipora and Kulgam in connection with the investigation of FIR No. 06/2025 u/s 420,468,471 IPC and FIR No. 7/2025 u/s 420,468,471 RPC registered at Special Crime Branch Srinagar (Crime Branch Kashmir). Cases Job In a statement from the crime branch related to the allegations of fraud/cheating. “The alleged accused carried out this,” it said.
According to the statement, searches were conducted at the houses of Shakeel Ahmed Makru, resident of Awantipora, Pulwama and Farooq Ahmed Thokar, resident of Sehpora, Kulgam. The searches were conducted in the presence of executive magistrates and the local police concerned in pursuance of a search warrant issued by a competent court.
Special category crimes such as high-profile economic crimes are investigated on top priority by various branches of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, such as the Special Crime Branch and the Economic Offenses Wing of the Crime Branch.
On the counter-terrorism front, security forces and police are aggressively carrying out operations to target terrorists, their overground workers (OGWs) and supporters.
The coordinated operations are aimed at destroying the entire ecosystem of terror in Jammu and Kashmir rather than just eliminating gun-toting terrorists. Drug traffickers, drug smugglers and those involved in the hawala money racket are also under the scanner of the security forces, as it is believed that the money generated from these crimes is ultimately used to maintain terrorism in the UT.
While security forces deal with terrorism in the hinterland, the Army and the Border Security Force (BSF) guard the Line of Control (LOC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Army guards the 740-km long LoC while the BSF guards the 240-km-long IB in the union territory.
–IANS
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