Mathura, Apr. 6 (ANI): The wife of Indian Army soldier Lance Naik Hemraj, who was killed by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control (LoC) in the first week of January this year, has complained of being duped of Rs. 10 lakh by an unidentified person in the town of Kosi.
The incident took place on Friday when Hemraj”s widow Dharmvati was returning to her village with her brother-in-law after withdrawing the amount from the bank.
According to reports, an unidentified man in army uniform approached Dharmvati at the bank and advised her to keep the money in a fixed deposit account in some other bank.
Hemraj”s wife accepted his advice and went along with him after withdrawing the amount.
Her brother-in-law Bhagwan Singh left for some important work at that point of time. The man, who accompanied Dharmvati, fled with the money on reaching Kosi.
On the basis of Dharmvati”s complaint, the police examined the CCTV footage of the bank to get a clue of the man. The police have also appealed to people in Mathura to provide any information on this person so that he can be arrested at the earliest.
According to reports, Mathura Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Pradeep Yadav has constituted a team to look into this case.
A case under Section 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused.
“She had gone to bank. Some people had asked her to deposit some money in the name of the children in another bank. She had withdrawn money from the bank. The money was in the person”s bag. He fled with the bag,” said Yadav.
“We have some CCTV footages. I request the public to help us to recognize these people. We have registered a complaint. We are investigating. We will arrest them soon. We have got some leads,” he added.
Lance Naik Hemraj was killed along with his companion Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh by infiltrating Pakistani soldiers in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir on January 8. (ANI)