Accused bought share in SCO with money obtained in house deal: Police

Ramkrishan Upadhyay

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 16

The Chandigarh police have alleged that two accused of the alleged property grab case of Sector 37 here purchased shares in an SCO from the money they allegedly obtained from the deal of the house. The police have made the claim in a reply to the bail application of one of the accused, Satpal Dagar.

While opposing the bail, the police claimed that the new facts came to light during the investigation into the case and it had begun a probe into the matter. The police claimed that during the investigation, the police received a certified copy of the sale deed with respect to SCO number 2427-28 in Sector 22, Chandigarh, from the office of the Sub-Registrar, Chandigarh, on June 4. The police alleged that “from a perusal of the sale deed, it was revealed that accused Khalendra Singh and Dagar had purchased 20 per cent share in the SCO of Sector 22, Chandigarh, and the consideration amount of the sale deed was paid from the ill-gotten amount obtained in the deal pertaining to the present case.” The police said they had sought the details of the transactions related to the property from the bank. But the bank sought one-week time to reply to their questions. In view of this, the police sought adjournment of the hearing on the bail application of Dagar.

On the plea of the police, the court has now fixed the next hearing on the bail application for June 21. In the reply, the police said the present evidence was vital for adjudication of the bail application.

Meanwhile, Dagar denied his role in the house grab case. His counsel Vishal Garg Narwana claimed that the money trail chart annexed with the charge sheet was a false and incomplete document. Narwana claimed that Dagar had a business of puff-panel manufacturing. Dagar had been giving and taking money from Khalendra Singh for the past many years. He said the police concealed this fact.

The police alleged in the charge sheet that an amount of Rs16 lakh was transferred in the account of Dagar from the joint account of another accused Khalendra Singh and Rahul Mehta from the deal. The police also alleged that Dagar brought another accused, Gurpreet Singh, as a proxy before the office of the sub-registrar and had an active role in the case.

Meanwhile, the court also adjourned the hearing in the bail application of another accused Sanjeev Mahajan for June 21 after the police sought time for filing the reply.

The police claim

The police claimed that during the investigation, the police received a certified copy of the sale deed with respect to SCO number 2427-28 in Sector 22, Chandigarh, from the office of the Sub-Registrar, Chandigarh, on June 4. The police alleged that “from a perusal of the sale deed, it was revealed that accused Khalendra Singh and Dagar had purchased 20 per cent share in the SCO of Sector 22, Chandigarh, and the consideration amount of the sale deed was paid from the ill-gotten amount obtained in the deal pertaining to the present case.”