Jammu 30th December, 2023 : Three days back two unknown persons were involved in a snatching episode in broad daylight, from a street hawker (Pheriwala) in Bishnah town, by posing themselves as In-charge Chowki Officer of J&K Police, and extorted money from the street hawker, while the duo was in a Maruti Alto car,Again yesterday the same kind of information was received from Dablehar R.S Pura, where an eggseller reported that some unknown persons have extorted ₹2000 rupees from him, along with his mobile phone, by posing themselves as In-charge Chowki Officer of J&K Police, while driving an Alto car.In both these separate incidents which happened in the broad day light, two FIRs were lodged and teams of both the police stations i.e PS Bishnah and PS RS Pura, were constituted, and after hectic efforts, which included several raids, technical and human intervention the teams led by Nikhil Gogna, JKPS, SDPO RS Rura, assisted by Insp Abid Bukhari SHO Bishnah, and Insp Naveen Angral, SHO PS RS Pura, was finally able to nab the culprits, in which PSI Tariq Aziz played a key role, by arresting the trio, who have been identified as follows:
1 . Akhil Chopra S/o Prem Chopra, R/o W.no 10 RS Pura
2. Roshan S/o Bachan lal R/O Sidhrey, R.S Pura
3. Nitin Kumar S/O Naresh Kumar R/O W. No. 09, R.S Pura
With the arrest of the trio the snatching case conducted in broadday light has been put to rest.
The Alto car used for the commission of the offence has also been seized and the extorted money has also been recovered further investigation is going on in both the police stations.