Fake land deal: 3 held, 5 booked

Dera Bassi, December 1

The police have arrested three persons, including a woman, and booked five others in a bid to dupe a person in a land deal at Janetpur village. The suspects were today produced before a court, which sent them to two-day police remand.

Complainant Baljit Singh, a resident of Mauli Baidwan village, alleged that Harjinder Singh, a resident of Dharamgarh, who works as a typist at the Dera Bassi tehsil office, Davinder Singh, a resident of Chadiala, and Harjit Singh introduced him to land owners Ranjit Kaur and Rinku and showed fake documents of a five acre-land to be sold for Rs9 crore. The suspects took Rs5 lakh as advance money from the customer. They were about to take another Rs 3 crore as ‘bayana’ (agreement on a stamp paper) on November 30, but the complainant became suspicious. On confirming their antecedents, he came to know about the fake deal.

The police said Ranjit Kaur, a resident of Kapurthala, Rinku and Harjinder Singh had been arrested, while Harjit Singh and Davinder Singh were absconding. Ranjit and Rinku were posing as the mother-son duo residing in Alwar.

Dera Bassi police station in-charge Satinder Singh said: “Ranjit Kaur was posing as Kamaljeet Kaur, a resident of Badheri in Chandigarh. We have recovered some documents and fake Aadhaar cards from their possession. Further investigations are on in the matter.” — TNS