Woman among six booked for fraud, conspiracy

Dilbag Singh 

Woman among six booked for fraud, conspiracy

LOHIAN KHAS 24 SEPTEMBER 

The Lohian Khas police have booked six persons, including a woman on charges of fraud and criminal conspiracy.

Investigating Officer (IO) Inspector Sukhwindar Pal Singh said that the accused have been identified as Devindar Singh, son of Prem Singh, a resident of Bhumann (Ram Pur) village in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh state, presently living in Mohali, his wife; his sons Braham Jot Singh and Harman Jot Singh; and Mukesh Kharbanda, a resident of Delhi and presently living in Mohali, and his son Ansul Kharbanda.

Doctor Aman Preet Singh, MBBS a resident of Said Pur village in Kapurthala, complained to the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jalandhar (rural) police that he had paid Rs 51 lakh to the accused on the promise of getting a franchise of Chawla Dili Wala, but he did not get any response from the accused and thus was cheated.

SSP ordered the Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) to inquire and ordered a case after getting the report.

IO said a case under sections 316(2) (criminal breach of trust), 318(4) (cheating and dishonestly inducing

delivery of property), 336(2+3) (fraud), 340(forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the BNS has been registered against the accused, and further investigations are on.