Amritsar police book Congress leader Vaneet Mahajan on land grab charge

Following the directions of Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Amritsar police have booked Vaneet Mahajan, Congress leader and lawyer, on charges of fraud and forgery on Sunday.

Along with Mahajan, the police also booked Jasbir Singh of Katra Moti Ram and Saurav Seth of Ranjit Avenue in the case.

They were booked following a complaint filed by his mother Usha Mahajan. Flanked by her other son, Avnish Mahajan, while addressing mediapersons, Usha Mahajan alleged that the accused wanted to grab her residential plot by forging documents. A complaint was lodged with the police over a year ago and an inquiry was conducted by the Assistant Commissioner of Police (North) in this connection.

Ranjit Singh, SHO, Majitha road police station, confirmed this and said that raids were on to arrest the suspects who were absconding since the registration of an FIR.

This was the fifth FIR registered against the lawyer in the past one and a half years.

Usha Mahajan alleged that in 2023, she came to know that Vaneet wanted to grab her 200-yard plot located on Batala road by forging the documents. She said she lodged a complaint with the Majitha road police station after getting the copies of the fake documents and sought justice. She said she had disowned him from her property.

She said the inquiry officer, ACP North, got forensic analysis done of signatures on the documents which were later found to be forged. She said that as the police did not initiate further action, she had to approach the high court for justice. She said that last month, the court directed the city police to take appropriate action within 14 days.

Today, the Majiitha road police registered an FIR against Vaneet, Jasbir Singh and Saurav Seth in this regard.