Sector 5 resident held for property fraud

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 30

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the UT police has arrested a Sector 5 resident in a case of cheating.

According to the police, a complaint was received from Vikramjeet Kaushik of Sohana, Mohali, who had stated that the suspect, Dipinder Singh Brar, sold his 25 per cent share in the house in Sector 5 to him for a total consideration of Rs6.23 crore.

The police said Dipinder also sold 25 per cent share of his wife Amita Brar, aka Amita Bhanot, aka Anita Bhanot, in the house for Rs6.23 crore. In this way, the suspect sold 50 per cent share in the house to the complainant for a total consideration of Rs12.46 crore.

The Estate Office had transferred the 50 per cent share of the house in the complainant’s name in October last year. Afterwards, the suspect and his wife refused to hand over the physical possession of the 50 per cent share in the house (entire ground floor) to the complainant on the grounds that the sale of 25 per cent share of Amita’s property has been done on the basis of forged documents and without her knowledge.

During the course of investigation, authenticity of the documents were checked and it was found that the documents were forged.

A case was registered at the Sector 17 police station on October 6. The suspect was arrested by the police on October 29.