Kashmir: Tamil Crooks hightail it after fleecing innocent Kashmiris

Srinagar: A ‘home appliance’ firm from India’s southern state Tamil Nadu has fled Kashmir after allegedly duping several customers in Baramulla district’s Sopore town , police said on Tuesday.
A police spokesman said that a shop under the name of M/S Roja Home Needs was opened in Bhat Complex, Sopore, in north Kashmir district of Baramulla last month. The shop owner N Subramanian resident of Puttukkotai, District Thanjawur Tamil Nadu had promised people heavy discount on Home appliances, including LCDs, TVs and Refrigerators. “Sensing something fishy the police asked the owner to close the shop till his credentials were verified. The tenant verification form of the suspect was accordingly posted to Superintendent of Police (S P) Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. However, after some days the owner got an order from High Court of Jammu and Kashmir directing police not to interfere in his business,” a police spokesman said.

The owner of the shop, N. Subramanian, a resident of Puttukkotai, District Thanjawur Tamil Nadu delivered branded home appliances to various customers at 50 per cent of the cost by taking money in advance from them. He collected huge amount of money from other prospective customers, details of which were being collected, in advance promising delivery of items in fifteen days. However, today the shop was found closed and the owner was found absconding duping people of their hard earned money. People tried to set ablaze the building of Bhat Complex in which the shop was located, the spokesman said adding that police foiled the attempt. Interestingly, the shop in question has clearances from Sales Tax department, Municipal Council Sopore and other departments as well, the spokesman said adding a FIR has been registered in Police Station Sopore and investigation into the matter has been taken up. Meanwhile, the affected customers are requested to provide details of money deposited with accused to the police station Sopore.

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A ‘home appliance seller’ from Tamil Nadu fled North Kashmir’s Sopore Town on Tuesday after duping hundreds of people, including cops, of their money triggering anger in the town.
Promising heavy discount on Home appliances, a Tamil Nadu shop-owner opened a showroom, M/S Roja Home Needs, in the town in the last week of June only to be closed by district police for want of “proper verification”, police said. But after high court directions to police not to interfere, the shop owner was allowed to operate his business.
“On Tuesday morning the shop was found closed and the owner had absconded after duping people of their hard earned money,” said a police official of Sopore police station.

“In-fact after court intervention, some of us fell into his trap also to buy some goods for our home. We thought he should be an honest man, especially after the court allowed him to do business,” he said.

Sopore Superintendent of Police, Imtiyaz Ahmad said that they had asked the owner to close the shop till his credentials were verified.

“The tenant verification form of the suspect was accordingly posted to SP Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu. But as court rapped us for the move, we were forced to allow him to operate,” he said.

The accused would promise customers home appliances like LCDs, TVs, and Refrigerators etc at heavy discounts. Police revealed that the owner, N Subramanian, resident of Puttukkotai of District Thanjawur in Tamil Nadu delivered branded home appliances to various customers at 50% of the cost by taking money in advance from them.

“He collected huge amount of money from other prospective customers in advance promising delivery of items in fifteen days,” the SP said.

In the morning when he was found gone and his shop locked, people tried to set ablaze to the building in which the shop was located, which was foiled by police. Police said that the shop in question has clearances from Sales Tax department, Municipal Council Sopore and other departments as well.

“We have no idea how many people have been duped. We have asked people to file their details in Police station to ascertain the number of people who have been cheated,” Imtiyaz Ahmad said.

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in another thread, little puppy questions my motivation for posting this news. The answer is that since KV talks not too infrequently about NI's coming to TN and carrying out fraudulent activities i just wanted to share the news with my Tamil brethren and that the reverse also happens.