Cop among eight booked for land fraud

Ludhiana: Sarabha Nagar police have booked eight persons, including a constable, for fraudulently underselling a plot.
The accused have been identified as police constable Bhagwant Singh, Pardeep Singh of Kotakpura, his wife Gurpreet Kaur, Sandeep Singh Sunny of Khanna, Manik Gaur of Haibowal, Mintu David, Sukhwinder Singh of Doraha and Bhajanpal Singh.
In his complaint to the police through a letter written in March last, Raj Kumar, a city resident, said Bhagwant Singh, who lives in government quarters near Damoria Bridge, offered him commission for a land deal. Raj Kumar said the accused got his fake Aadhdar card made from Khanna in the name of Jatinder Singh, wherein his address was given of Rajguru Nagar and they bought a sim card on it. He said the accused then got a fake registry of land in the name of a couple and took Rs 47 lakh from them and gave him Rs 60,000 as commission. The complainant said when he learnt of the matter, he lodged a complaint.