AAP MLA’s father summoned in fraud case in Bathinda

Bathinda, June 22

The police have issued summons to Darshan Singh, father of AAP MLA Baljinder Kaur, in a case of alleged fraud of Rs 4.90 lakh in Jagah Ram Tirath village here. The police have already arrested Jagtar Singh, village sarpanch’s spouse.

Complainant Jaswant Rai said his son Gurlal Singh was friends with a girl. Accused Jagtar Singh pressurised the girl to threaten Gurlal of implicating him in a false case so that he could get money from him in a bid to resolve the matter.

Later, Jagtar threatened Gurlal that the girl would get a false rape case registered against him. Subsequently, the victim gave Rs 4.90 lakh to Jagtar Singh.

The victim had alleged he had paid the money to the accused in the presence of Darshan Singh, who has refuted the charges and claimed he had not received any summons from the police so far. — TNS