Abohar, June 11

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) trade wing’s district president Mohinder Pratap Bathla today joined the investigation at the City-1 Police after a court stayed his arrest till June 15 and ordered him to join the investigation.

A case was registered under Sections 406, 420 and 120-B of the IPC against three partners of a multiplex and reality firm. Mohinder Pratap Bathla, his partners in realty business Ram Dayal Garg and Rajesh Babbar were named in the FIR on May 25.

Sham Lal Middha of Chandigarh had approached the DIG on August 3, 2020, alleging that he was duped by three politically influential persons in a property deal. The sale deed at the tehsil complex was to be registered by May 15, 2009, but the sellers backtracked. — OC