A Ropar district resident and his accomplices had been booked for allegedly promoting land whose homeowners lived in Canada, Khanna police mentioned Saturday.
The complainant additional alleged the accused additionally ready pretend paperwork of one of many homeowners of the land who had died in 1992.
In his grievance, Kulwant Singh of Dhianpura village in Ropar district informed police he needed to purchase land so he met Baljit Singh.
“Baljit Singh and his three accomplices confirmed him a land at Asgaripur village in Khanna registered within the identify of 4 brothers Gurmail Singh, Avtar Singh, Narinder Singh and Nirmal Singh. The deal was finalised primarily based on solid papers produced by Baljit and his accomplices, and I paid Rs 80 lakh in money and a cheque for Rs 10 lakh to them” Kulwant mentioned.
“Nonetheless, as a number of particulars had been lacking from the paperwork, I grew suspicious and went to the village the place the land is located. Villagers informed me that the homeowners of the land stay in Canada. It’s also learnt that one of many homeowners Avtar Singh had died in 1992 however pretend paperwork in his identify had been produced by the accused,” Kulwant alleged.
Kulwant additional alleged that Baljit Singh was a pretend identify acquired by the fraudster to hide his identification.
Police mentioned the accused, recognized as Jagdish Ram of Kulheri village in Ropar district’s Morinda and his unidentified accomplices had been booked beneath related sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on the Khanna Metropolis police station.
Investigating Officer ASI Mahinder Singh mentioned, “ We’re probing the matter, however no arrest has, thus far, been made.”
