Bhat Yasir
Within the midst of the ‘Healing Survey Rip-off’ unsettling Kashmir, a brave younger man from South Kashmir emerged because the central determine, bringing the scandal to mild two days previous to the general public uproar.
Nafi Javaid, a B-Tech scholar from Kulgam, runs the ‘Nafxx Tech’ web page on social media via which he educates the lots about on-line frauds and offers technical coaching.
On sixteenth December, Javaid posted a video on his social media web page during which he uncovered the fact behind the ‘Healing Survey’, which was really a rip-off. Lots of of Kashmiris declare that they have been cheated by this fraud firm.
“It isn’t the primary time; I’ve uncovered a fraud firm earlier than the ‘Healing Survey Rip-off’ as properly,” Javaid stated, including, “Many individuals contacted me and inquired about this firm, then I began my analysis.”
As a part of the continuing investigation, suspicions of collusion with influential figures and scrutiny of social media influencers in J&Ok have surfaced. Experiences point out that the financial institution accounts of the fraudulent firm, located at HDFC Marble Market Jammu, ICICI Chhani Himmat Jammu, and Sure Financial institution Gandhi Nagar Jammu, have been frozen.
Police has been lodged a First Info Report (FIR) by way of the quantity 39/2023, invoking sections 66D of the IT Act and 429 of the IPC. As per a number of reviews, a number of youtubers who promoted the company have been summoned, and their devices confiscated in the course of the investigation.
Earlier, a youtuber claimed that he had promoted the content material of the company after totally checking their registration paperwork; nevertheless, The Kashmiriyat cross-checked the declare to seek out that the accused youtuber promoted the advert in June, whereas the corporate was registered a month later in July 2023.
In a startling growth, quite a few subscribers, together with college students, pensioners, and housewives within the Kashmir Valley, discover themselves embroiled in an alleged rip-off orchestrated by the Chennai-based “Healing Survey” firm.
Victims, together with people like Shahid Wani from Sopore, expressed dismay, recounting how they invested their hard-earned cash with the expectation of promised returns. Shahid and others opened a number of accounts, engaged in surveys, solely to have funds abruptly halted with none clarification.
The corporate, which maintained workplaces throughout varied districts within the valley, vanished simply earlier than the scheduled payouts, leaving an estimated ₹59 crores unaccounted for.
Not restricted to particular person subscribers, even workers, together with feminine workers, have fallen sufferer to the corporate. The whereabouts of those workers, now untraceable in Jammu Kashmir, are unknown.
An worker shared particulars of the rip-off’s modus operandi with The Kashmiriyat, revealing that outbound calls have been made to individuals, promising them month-to-month funds of ₹3000 for fifteen months. The fundamental plan required subscribers to deposit ₹5000 initially and full surveys, after which they have been purported to obtain ₹3000 monthly. Nonetheless, this seemingly engaging provide was merely a ploy to encourage subscribers to deposit more cash, resulting in heightened earnings.
The worker disclosed, “By means of us, they known as the shoppers steadily to extend their funding, which might supposedly result in greater earnings. Lots of of individuals all through Kashmir deposited cash, after which at some point, the administration of the workplace shut down their principal workplace in Srinagar, disappearing with out a hint,” as reported by The Kashmiriyat.
Moreover, a number of “youtubers” and “Instagram influencers” who promoted the model in Kashmir and Jammu are additionally underneath scrutiny in reference to the rip-off.
Javaid, amidst his efforts to uncover such scams and educate the general public, highlighted the lack of expertise as the first cause behind such on-line frauds in Kashmir. “When individuals narrate their tales of on-line frauds to me, I really feel very dangerous. I all the time attempt to make individuals conscious and save them from frauds,” he stated.”
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