2 yrs on, 4 booked for duping man of Rs 5 lakh

Amritsar, July 23

After two-year-long probe, the rural police have booked four Gurdaspur residents, including a woman, for allegedly duping a local resident of Rs 5 lakh on the pretext of providing his son and son-in-law government jobs. Those booked were identified as Narinder Masih, Emanual Masih, Happy Masih and Babbli. They were booked under Sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code by the rural police on Wednesday.

Balkar Singh, a resident of Chachowali village submitted a complaint to the Additional Director General of Police on April 24, 2018, for holding probe and registering a case against the suspects. He stated that they took Rs 5 lakh from him while promising to get his son Harmanjot Singh and son-in-law Jagtar Singh recruited in government departments.

Amanjit Singh, investigating officer, said that a probe was conducted by the DSP (Crime against property) in this regard. After taking legal opinion, an FIR was registered against them at Kathunangal police station here. He said that raids were on to nab the suspects who were on the run now. — TNS