Jammu, Feb 9, KDC: The Counter-Intelligence Jammu (CIJ) has arrested a long-absconding accused in a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case, officials said on Monday.
The accused, identified as Hilal Ahmed Bhat, son of Mohd Assad Ullah Bhat, a resident of Poshpora in Kupwara and presently residing at Bhagani Talab Mohalla, Raipur Domana, Jammu, was apprehended by a special team of CID (CI) Jammu.
A police spokesman in a statement to news agency Kashmir Dot Com said that an absconder warrant under Section 512 CrPC had been issued against Bhat and his father by the Court of the Principal Sessions Judge, Jammu, in connection with a case registered as FIR No. 05/2007 under Sections 489-A, 489-B and 489-C of the RPC at Police Station CID (CI) Jammu.
The accused had allegedly been evading arrest and court proceedings for nearly a decade.
Acting on specific intelligence inputs, the Fugitive Tracking Team of CID (CI) Jammu launched a coordinated operation that led to his arrest in Jammu. He was subsequently produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody.
Officials reiterated that the agency follows a zero-tolerance policy towards FICN networks and remains committed to tracking fugitives and dismantling terror-support structures to ensure that those involved in such offences are brought to justice.
