Property grab case: Victim kept at an undisclosed location in city by police

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 8

The victim in the property grab case, Rahul Mehta, was taken back to Rajasthan by the Chandigarh Police after getting his statement recorded under Section 164 of the CrPC. However, citing security reasons, the management at the ashram refused to admit him following which Mehta was brought back to the city.

Sources said he had been kept at an undisclosed place under police security.

In June/July 2017, Surjit and others took Rahul to Bhuj in Gujarat and confined him to a stud farm, owned by Abdul Karim, for over a month.

Later, Abdul Karim got Rahul admitted to Shri Ramdev Seva Ashram, Bhuj. After that, he was shifted to Shraddha Foundation, Karjat, Maharashtra, and further to Apna Ghar Ashram, Delhi. Thereafter, he was shifted to Apna Ghar Ashram at Bharatpur in Rajasthan.

The police have, meanwhile, also identified the proxy of Rahul, who had appeared before the Sub-Registrar, Estate Office, Chandigarh, on March 1, 2019, to execute the sale deed in the name or Saurabh Gupta.

The sources said the person was at large.

Meanwhile, the three accused in the property grab case will be produced in the court tomorrow. Sanjeev Mahajan, Manish Gupta and Satpal Dagar (brother of DSP Ram Gopal) were on four-day police remand.

Nine persons — liquor baron Arvind Singla, Satpal, Khalendra Singh Kadiyan, Ashok Arora, Saurabh Gupta, the late Surjit Singh, Shekhar, Daljit Singh, Sanjeev and others — have been booked by the police.