Police probe into land fraud case

CHANDIGARH: The Karnal police have initiated a probe into a land fraud case. In this five-year-old case, a fraudulent deal, involving 5.5-acre land worth more than Rs 6.8 crore, was struck on the basis of a forged general power of attorney (GPA) registered in Jalandhar, Punjab.

According to media reports, Karnal deputy commissioner Renu Phulia has already directed the police to take action against the accused in whose favour sale deeds had been registered on the basis of the forged GPA.

The police have got issued non-bailable warrants against the accused Ram Niwas Jindal, Sandeep Somany, Rajender Kumar Somani, Raj Kumar and others, all residents of Delhi, while a Karnal court dismissed the anticipatory bail of Jindal a few days ago, the reports said.

The Karnal police, which had registered a case in the context, have re-launched the investigation following a report from the economic offences division of the Jalandhar police. The report has details about the forged GPA and how it was used to register three sale deeds related to the Karnal land.

According to the media reports, the modus operandi of the accused was to register the GPAs at the office of subregistrar, Jalandhar, through impersonation and forged records, and then selling it to more than one buyer. The matter came to light when a Delhi-based company found out that the Karnal land it was to buy had been registered in someone else’s name. It had complained to the Jalandhar and Karnal police.