Ramkrishan Upadhyay

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 7

The UT police have received the prosecution sanction against Inspector Rajdeep Singh arrested in the alleged property grab case of Sector 37, Chandigarh.

The police have submitted the sanction order before a local court. The next hearing in the case has been fixed for August 13.

The police had arrested Rajdeep Singh, former SHO of the Sector 39 police station, on the charges of not taking any action on an initial complaint filed against some of the accused who allegedly forcibly occupied the house in Sector 37. As per the FIR, the accused allegedly sold a house of Rahul Mehta in Sector 37 fraudulently.

The police alleged that the accused confined Mehta in a room and took his signatures on papers after torturing him. Rahul Mehta was later abandoned at a stud farm in Gujarat from where he was shifted from one place to another. It is alleged that an imposter, Rahul Mehta, was produced before the office of sub-registrar at the time of execution of sale deed of the house.

The police have so far arrested Sanjiv Mahajan, Arvind Singla, Khalinder Singh Kadiyan, Gurpreet Singh and Satpal Dagar in the case. Ashok Arora, another accused, has filed an anticipatory bail application before the court.

The police have alleged that the accused was the Station House Officer of the Sector 39 police station and being the in-charge of the police station he, in connivance with co-accused, played an active role in grabbing the property.

The police alleged that the accused was duty bound to take action on the initial complaint. In utter disrespect to his duty, he not only lodged a false DDR, but also destroyed vital piece of evidence in support of the complaint i.e. medical certificate with respect to mental condition of victim Rahul Mehta.

Meanwhile, the police have also filed a supplementary chargesheet against accused Arvind Singla, Khalinder Singh Kadiyan, Gurpreet Singh and Daljit Singh before the court.

In the earlier hearing of the case, Special Public Prosecutor Manu Kakkar sought adjournment for filing the challan against the remaining four accused. The police have already filed a chargesheet against other accused - Sanjiv Mahajan, Rajdeep Singh, Manish Gupta and Satpal Dagar.