Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 30: The crime branch (CB) of state police has registered a case against ex-SHO of Vijaypur police station and a property dealer for allegedly executing a 'fake' land deal.
CB registered the case against SI Ajay Singh, ex-SHO of Vijaypur police station, and property dealer Surjeet Singh under sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of RPC read with section 5(2) of P.C Act Svt 2006 after holding a probe into the complaint lodged against the accused by Vinod Rishi, brother of Bollywood actor Mukesh Rishi.
In his complaint, Rishi alleged that he entered into an 'agreement to sell' on January 20, 2014 whereby Ajit Singh, Joginder Singh and Harmeet Singh, sons of Baldev Singh of Seora, to sell 6 kanals of land under khasra No 106 at Sehora. This deal was settled through Surjeet and a sum of Rs 25 lakh was paid to the land owners and Rs 75 lakh were received by Surjeet on different dates under proper receipts. However, when Rishi approached Surjeet for execution of the sale deed of the land, he demanded Rs 5 lakh as enhancement of the sale consideration which, under compulsion, was agreed upon by him.
Rishi was then taken to Vijaypur police station where SHO Ajay compelled him to pay a total amount of Rs 90 lakh under the assurance and guarantee that if any problem arose, double the amount would be paid to him by Surjeet. The SHO also wrote a receipt in his own handwriting and put his official seal on it, acknowledging the receipt of Rs 90 lakh by Surjeet, but when the complainant asked Surjeet to get the fard of the land from the patwari concerned in his capacity as attorney holder, he, in connivance with the patwari halqa Seora, got issued two fards of some different land situated under khasra No 133 min instead of the land falling under khasra No 106 by keeping the column of amount of land vacant and mentioning different names of the vendors. It was alleged that both SHO Ajay and Surjeet, in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy, had cheated and duped the complainant of his hard earned money, as such, action under law may be taken against them.
During investigation, CB found that Surjeet had obtained Rs 90 lakh from the complainant under the receipt prepared and issued by SI Ajay Singh under his official seal for the sale of land falling under khasra No 106 but thereafter entered into an agreement on September 2, 2014 purportedly with the complainant through one Parvez Ahmed Choudhary thereby closing the deal due to defect in the title of the land. However, on further verification, it was allegedly found that the September 2, 2014 agreement was fake and fabricated and fraudulently prepared by Surjeet by affixing the photographs deceitfully and appending the fictitious signatures of the parties. It also came to fore that Surjeet, in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy with accused SI Ajay Singh, lured the complainant by executing a false agreement with a dishonest intention and received a huge amount of Rs 90 lakh from him as sale consideration of the land situated under khasra No 106 but thereafter got the fards of different land issued clandestinely and also prepared a fake and fabricated agreement nullifying the entire deal. It was also revealed that SI Ajay Singh, being a public servant, intervened and got the deal finalised in his office solely to cause wrongful gains to himself and his associates and wrongful loss to the complainant.
After verification, the CB registered a case punishable under sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of RPC read with section 5(2) of P.C Act Svt. 2006 against SI Ajay Singh and Surjeet. |
