NRI killed in clash over land dispute

Balwant Garg

Tribune News Service

Faridkot, April 16

A Canada-based NRI was killed in a clash over land dispute in Moga on Tuesday evening.

The dispute relates to 27 acres of land belonging to two Canada-based NRI sisters, the victim’s cousins.

The victim was killed on Tuesday, the day the NRI wing issued orders to register a criminal against three persons of Moga for preparing a “fake” will.

According to the FIR, Baljinder Kaur of Kaliye Wala village in Moga was in dispute with her two Canada-based sisters-in-law (husband’s sisters) for the last many years over 27 acres of land. Both NRI sisters had got the land as their share in the ancestral parental property.

Baljinder allegedly prepared a fake will to get the land transferred in her name, claiming it was bequeathed to her by her father-in-law.

The Canada-based sisters filed a complaint against her, alleging that the will was a fabricated document.

Following an investigation, the NRI wing issued orders to register an FIR against Baljinder Kaur and two others, Rud Singh and Rajinder Singh, for preparing a fake document.

The same evening the NRI sisters and their Canada-based cousin Harinder Singh tried to get possession of the land that led to a clash with Baljinder Kaur and her supporters. Harinder was killed in the clash.

The Moga police have booked 11 persons, including Baljinder and her two brothers. One of them, Bhola Singh is police inspector. Rud Singh and Surinder Singh have been arrested. “The police are conducting raids to arrest the remaining accused,” said SSP Jatinder Singh Khaira.

Case file 

• Baljinder Kaur was in dispute with her two Canada-based sisters-in-law over 27 acres of land
• Both NRI sisters had reportedly got the land as their share in the ancestral property
• Baljinder allegedly prepared a fake will of her father-in-law to get the land transferred in her name
• The NRI wing probed the matter and got an FIR registered against Baljinder and two others
• The same evening, the NRI sisters and their NRI cousin Harinder Singh tried to get possession of the land 
• A clash ensued in which Harinder was killed 
• Eleven persons, including Baljinder and her two brothers, have been booked