6 booked for defrauding NRI
Monday, 04/08/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140804/punjab.htm#26
Phagwara : The police have booked six persons for allegedly duping a California-based NRI, Jatinder Singh, by selling his 15-acre land near Chack Hakim in the town after preparing forged documents.
A case has been registered under Section 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code. Those booked are Mangat Ram of Palahai village, Pardeep Kumar and Jatinder Kumar of Phagwara and Gurpal Singh, Gagandeep Singh and Munish Kapoor of Jalandhar. In his complaint, Jatinder alleged that he had given the power of attorney for selling his property to Mangat Ram several years ago.
“Mangat sold the land for Rs 1.25 crore per acre in connivance with the other accused. They also sold another of my plot at local Mansa Devi Nagar by preparing forged documents,” he said.
