Couple among three arrested for cheating NRI  

 

Dilbag Singh

Couple among three arrested for cheating NRI  

NURMAHAL 13 AUGUST 

The Bilga police have arrested three accused, including a couple, for cheating NRI.

Investigating officer (IO) Govindar Singh said that the accused have been identified as Paramjit Singh son of Jagdish Singh a resident of Pati Neelowal Bilga village and his wife Jasveer Kaur and Santokh Singh son of Gurdas Singh a resident of Pati Mansoor Bilga village.

Gurmail Singh (78) an NRI and resident of Pati Neelo Wal, Bilga village had complained to the Jalandhar Deputy Commission (DC) that   he is living in Canada and had come to India in 2018 for executing his will in favour of his son and the accused who is his nephew and daughter in law fraudulently prepared his general power of attorney and got it register along with his will registration.

NRI said that the accused, Jasbir Kaur, based on this power of attorney, registered sale deeds of his more than two acres property on the name Paramjit

Singh and cheated him.

DC forwarded this complaint to Jalandhar (rural) Senior Superintendent of Police, who ordered an inquiry.

IO said a case under section 318(4) (cheating) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the BNS was registered against the accused.