Srinagar, Nov. 21 -- Police in Srinagar Thursday said they have cracked a multi-district cheating and stolen-gold racket operating across the Valley.
A police spokesperson said that they have arrested Asmat Jan alias Taboo, a woman wanted in multiple cases of cheating and fraud registered in Lal Bazar, Safakadal, Chadoora, Sopore, and Khrew (Awantipora). The accused had been evading arrest for a long time, frequently shifting locations between West Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra, and Jammu to avoid law enforcement.
Acting on specific intelligence, five police teams tracked and apprehended her from a hotel in Jalandhar (Punjab.
Police said the Gold Association of Kashmir Valley had earlier expressed serious concern over her repeated involvem...