Naib tehsildar, kanungo, patwari, 8 others held for wrong mutation

Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, November 2

The Vigilance Bureau, Mohali, has arrested a naib tehsildar, kanungo, patwari and eight others on the charge of carrying out the wrong mutation of about 800 acres of land at Majri, Kharar.

Naib Tehsildar of Zirakpur Varinder Pal Singh Dhoot, Kanungo Raghubir Singh and Patwari Iqbal Singh were arrested today.

The others arrested by the bureau were Gurnam Singh, Nabardar; Shamlal, a property dealer; Balbir Singh, a resident of Chandigarh; Tarsem Lal, a resident of Gudamajri in Kharar; Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Paindpur village; Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Mastgarh village; Manbir Singh and Kabal Singh, both residents of Muktsar.

Sources said they had been arrested under Section 7 of PC Act 1988 and Section 7 (a) of the PC Act 2018, and also under Sections 409, 420, 465, 466, 467, 471, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a case registered against them at the state vigilance headquarters, Mohali.

The decision on the partition of the land was taken by Dhoot on December 20, 2017. A day later, the Halka Patwari registered the ‘intkaal’ No. 4895 for the land under question. There were 100 pages of this mutation and the ‘intkaal’ was done in one day. The inspection about this mutation was carried out by the Halka Kanugo on December 25, 2017, despite it being a Christmas holiday. The then Majri Naib Tehsildar, Varinder Pal Singh Dhoot, accepted the mutation on December 27, 2017.

Inspection carried out on a holiday

The decision on the partition of the land was taken by Naib Tehsildar Varinder Pal Singh Dhoot on December 20, 2017. A day later, the Halka Patwari registered the ‘intkaal’ No. 4895 for the land under question. There were 100 pages of this mutation and the ‘intkaal’ was done in one day. The inspection about this mutation was carried out by the Halka Kanugo on December 25, 2017, despite it being a Christmas holiday.