CBK arrests man for selling ‘fake’ fungicides in Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec 6: The Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) Monday said that it arrested a man for allegedly selling fake and duplicate fungicides in the Valley.
A spokesman in a statement said that it arrested one accused namely Muhammad Yousf Bhat, son of Sonaullah Bhat of Qazigund, who was involved in a case under FIR 21/1995 under section 420, 483 of P/S CBK for sale of fake and duplicate fungicides in Valley.
“The case was closed as ‘Proved against the said accused and 10 other accused persons, and chargesheet in the instant case was filed in the Court of Law on 30-07-1998,” CBK said.
However, the said accused Mohd Yousuf Bhat, during the Court trial absconded and was evading arrest since 2010, for which warrant under section 512 Cr.PC was issued by the Court of City Judge Srinagar.
The warrant has been executed by Crime Branch Kashmir on 06-12-2021 and the said accused stands arrested after more than a period of 11 years. The accused has been produced before the Court of Law, who was later on sent to judicial custody.