The accused, arrested for extorting money from a retired employee of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), were found to be involved in a fraud of Rs 1.12 crore. The accused, claiming to be employees of Tata Steel, committed suicide by making a fake land deal.
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The accused have been identified as Satinder Singh, resident of Old Civil Hospital Road, his brother Parminder Singh, former junior engineer of PSPCL Daler Singh, resident of Gulmohar Nagar Amloh, Baba Jaswant Singh resident of Tangrala Amloh, Anil Singh Saini, Bilal Ahmed and Ashutosh Gupta of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. K is born in the form of Ram Singh Thapa.
This is a matter of 2023
Property dealer Jagdish Lal, living in Basant Avenue, Dugri, said that in 2023, Amloh resident Baba Jaswant Singh had contacted him through an acquaintance. Jaswant Singh claimed to have connections with senior Tata Steel officials and proposed a lucrative deal.
Later he introduced him to Daler Singh, who further told that Tata Steel wants to set up a big unit in Ludhiana-Rajpura area and a lot of land is required for this project.
The accused promised Jagdish a huge commission for helping him buy land for Tata Steel and claimed that the profit from the deal would be in crores. Attracted by this possibility, Jagdish agreed to help in purchasing the land and maintained constant contact with the accused.
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Fake documents and fake seal made
To give credibility to their claims, the accused allegedly produced forged documents and fake seals of Tata Steel. He also handed over stamped papers to Jagdish claiming their authenticity. Over time, Jagadish showed him several properties and finalized agreements on some.
The accused demanded Rs 8 lakh for preparing high value documents. Subsequently, they extorted more money under the pretext of extra expenses, ultimately duping Jagdish of Rs 1.12 crore.
Complaint was made to the police on 3 December 2023
Jagdish told that after the so-called deal in 2023, the accused kept postponing the matter and kept shying away from returning the money. Despite repeated requests to return the money, the accused refused to return the money. On December 3, 2024, Jagdish lodged a written complaint before senior police officers. After several weeks of investigation, Dugri police have registered a case against 8 accused and started investigation.
ASI Sunil Kumar, who is investigating the case, said that an FIR has been registered against the accused under sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 506 and 120B of the IPC. Some of the accused are already in jail due to their involvement in a criminal case, while some are absconding.
Arrest made in honeytrap case
JE Daler Singh of PSPCL, his associate Satinder Singh alias Sonu, resident of Brown Road, Ram Singh Thapa and Thapa’s daughter Michelle Thapa were arrested by Division No. 7 police station on December 6 for honey-trapping the lineman and making an obscene video of him. Was arrested on the charge. Later the accused started blackmailing him and extorted Rs 65.45 lakh in cash from him.