Avinash Azad
Exposing one more staged accident case the Doda Police have arrested three persons inducing father-son and recovered stolen item worth Rs 11 lacs from their possession.
According a press statement issued by Doda Police, three persons Shamim Ahmed son of Bashir Ahmed, Bashir Ahmed son of Ghulam Nabi both resident of Droundi, Bhalla and Ashiq Ali son of Khair Din resident of Trown Bhalla District Doda have beeb arrested, for deceiving and cheating their employer and managed fake accident of vehicle (Jaunga).
“Police swung into action after the receipt of an information on 29.07.2023, at Police Station Thathri that a vehicle (Jaunga) bearing registration No. JK02CH 5504 on its way towards Kishtwar met with an accident near Shibnote Prem Nagar and plunged into river Chenab. Upon this, a Police team rushed towards the spot and found that driver of the said vehicle had managed to save himself and escaped from the spot. The vehicle was lying in the river Chenab”, the statement reads and added, “On preliminary enquiry the vehicle in question was said to be used for carrying goods like, food items, cosmetics, garments hardware sanitary items etc”
Accordingly, case FIR No. 75/2023 under relevant sections of IPC was registered at Police Station Thathri and investigation of the case set into motion. During investigation Police found one mobile phone from the spot. “On technical analysis of the mobile phone some suspicion surfaced about the movement of driver of the vehicle. The mobile phone found registered in the name of one Ashiq Ali son of Khair Din resident of Trown, Bhalla, Doda. On enquiry he revealed that the mobile number was registered in his name but it was being used by his brother- in- law namely Shamim Ahmed son of Bashir Ahmed resident of Bhalla District Doda who was driving the vehicle at the time of its accident”, the statement reveals.
“On questioning the driver confessed that he was driver of the vehicle which belongs to one Sunil Kumar son of Bansi Lal resident of Nai Basti Jammu and was tasked to transport the goods from Jammu for delivery in Kishtwar. He further revealed that he with criminal intention and in connivance with his associates Ashiq Ali and Bashir Ahmed, made the plan and some goods unloaded from vehicle and dumped at different places in Trown, Pranoo area of Bhalla and thereafter went towards Kishtwar road”, the statement further reveals.
“On reaching near Shibnote Prem Nagar they deliberately threw the vehicle into river Chenab in order to deceive his employer so that they could make money after selling the stolen goods. The driver also revealed that in order to make the site of the accident look like a real accident he threw some goods into river Chenab but the majority of the loaded material was taken to other places and dumped there. On the disclosure of the accused driver, Police raided at different places and recovered the goods worth approx 11 lakh dumped by the driver with the connivance of his associates”, the statement further added.
Many more recoveries are expected from the accused and his associates and investigation of the case is going on. The entire investigation and recovery was made by police team led by Insp Amrit Katoch SHO Pplice Station Thathri and PSI Sumunder Sher Khan IC PP Prem Nagar under the supervision of Vaseem Mehmood, SDPO Bhaderwah, Vinod Kumar, ASP Bhaderwah and overall supervision of Abdul Qayoom SSP Doda. It is pertinent to mention here that on 20.12.2022, a similar incident took place near Gadasoo Doda on NHW-244, in case FIR No. 182/200 U/S 279,304-A IPC registered at Police Station Bhaderwah in which Doda Police has unearthed a mystery of fake road accident and brought back the couple alongwith daughter from Paunchkola Haryana who were said to have been drowned in River Chenab after their Car plunged into River Chenab near Gadasoo Doda on NHW-244.
