Overview
- The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch J&K is probing an alleged multi-layered fraud at HDFC Bank’s Shopian branch after a written complaint.
- Five employees—Adil Ayoub Ganai, Irfan Majeed Zargar, Mubashir Hussain Sheikh, Zaid Manzoor and Javaid Ahmad Bhat—have been arrested.
- Coordinated searches at multiple locations in Shopian and Budgam are underway to secure material evidence.
- The case, registered as FIR No. 30/2025 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act, was moved from Police Station Shopian to the Crime Branch on PHQ J&K directions.
- Police said complainants reported money was fraudulently withdrawn from HDFC Bank Shopian accounts without the account holders’ knowledge.