JAMMU, June 12 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Jammu on Thursday arrested an accused who had allegedly been evading arrest for nearly seven years in connection with a cheating and criminal conspiracy case registered in 2019.

The accused has been identified as Riyaz Ahmad Matoo of Srinagar, who was wanted in FIR No. 21/2019 registered under Sections 420 and 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) at Police Station Crime Branch Jammu.

According to Crime Branch officials, the accused had remained absconding since the registration of the case and allegedly avoided arrest by frequently changing his place of residence and concealing his whereabouts at different locations within and outside Jammu and Kashmir.

The arrest follo...