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JAMMU: Exposing links between the land mafia and officers of J&K police, the Crime Branch Jammu on Saturday registered a case against the then SHO Ajay Singh in a land dealing case.
According to FIR, Vinod Rishi, brother of famous film star Mukesh Rishi, had filed a complaint alleging that he had entered into an agreement to sell on January 20, 2014 whereby Ajit Singh, Joginder Singh and Harmeet Singh, sons of Baldev Sigh, residents of Sehora Tehsil and District Jammu agreed to sell 6 kanals of land in Khasara No. 106 situated at Sehora, Jammu.
This deal was settled through Surjeet Singh, property dealer and Rs. 25 lakhs were paid to the vendors/land owners. While Rs. 75 lakhs were received by Surjeet Singh, property dealer, on different dates under proper receipt.
It was further alleged that when the complainant approached Surjeet Singh for execution of the sale deed in respect of the said land, Surjeet Singh demanded an Rs. 5 lakhs as enhancement of the sale consideration which under compulsion was agreed upon by the complainant who was then taken to Police Station Vijaypur where SHO Ajay Singh further compelled the complainant to pay a total amount of Rs. 90 lakhs under the assurance and guarantee that if any problem arises double the amount shall be paid to him by Surjeet Singh.
Ajay Singh also wrote a receipt in his own handwriting and official seal acknowledging the receipt of Rs. 90 lakhs by Surjeet Singh, but when the complainant asked Surjeet Singh to get the Fard of the land from the Patwari in the capacity of the attorney holder, Surjeet Singh in connivance with the Patwari Halqa Seora got two Fards of different lands situated in Kh. No. 133 min issued instead of land falling under Kh. No. 106 by keeping the amount of land vacant and mentioning different names of the vendors.
It was further alleged that both Ajay Singh SHO and Surjeet Singh, in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy had cheated and duped the complainant of his hard earned money, as such, action under law was requested to be taken.
During the course of verification Crime Branch found that accused Surjeet Singh had obtained a huge amount of Rs. 90 lakhs from the complainant under the receipt prepared and issued by Ajay Singh under his official seal for the sale of land falling under Kh. No. 106 but thereafter entered into an agreement on September, 2, 2014 purportedly with the complainant through one Parvez Ahmed Choudhary thereby closing the deal due to defect in the title of the land.
However, on further verification it was found that the agreement dated September, 9, 2014 was fake and fabricated and fraudulently prepared by Surjeet Singh by affixing the photographs deceitfully and appending the fictitious signatures of the parties.
It also came to fore that accused Surjeet Singh in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy with accused Ajay Singh , lured the complainant by executing a false agreement with a dishonest intention and received a huge amount of Rs. 90 lakhs from him as sale consideration of land situated in Kh. No. 106 but thereafter got the fards of different land issued clandestinely and also prepared a fake and fabricated agreement nullifying the entire deal. It was also revealed that Ajay Singh being a public servant intervened and got the deal finalized in his office solely in order to cause wrongful gains to himself and his associates and wrongful loss to the complainant.
After verification, Crime Branch registered a case punishable under sections 420, 467, 468, 471 RPC read with sec. 5(2) P.C Act Svt. 2006 against the then SHO Vijaypur Ajay Singh and Surjeet Singh.
