NRIs join hands to take on land mafia
Wednesday, 12/11/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141112/punjab.htm#16
Chandigarh : A group of NRIs has decided to join hands to expose the "land mafia" in Punjab which is forcibly taking over the possession of their property and is allegedly operating with the overt and covert support of politicians and the police. The NRIs have also threatened to move the court and seek a judicial probe on the matter.
The three NRIs, Joginder Kaur Sandhu (from France), Nirmal Singh Sidhu (from Canada) and Jatinder Singh (from the US), who have joined hands with Panchayat Union, said though they had been running from pillar to post to get their land freed from forcible possession of the land mafia, they had not got any relief.
"The land mafia is constantly eyeing properties owned by the NRIs and with the support of the police and politicians, grabs our land and properties. The worse thing is that there is no redressal of our complaints," they said.
Addressing the media here today, the NRIs narrated how unscrupulous elements had grabbed their lands. Joginder Kaur's two properties have allegedly been grabbed by a Ludhiana man having police patronage, Nirmal Singh alleges that his land has been forcibly grabbed by a local property dealer in Moga, enjoying support of a Punjab minister; while Jatinder Singh's land has been "grabbed" in Phagwara by a person enjoying patronage of a senior Akali leader.
