Two arrested in land grab case

Rajiv Mahajan

NURPUR, APRIL 7

In the Pong Dam oustees land grab case, the Nokh police in Rajasthan yesterday arrested two out of five accused, including the mastermind of the forgery case.

SP, Kangra, Vimukat Ranjan, who had communicated his counterpart of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan in this forgery case, said the Rajasthan police had arrested Rajinder Kumar of Anoopgarh (Rajasthan), kingpin of the land mafia, and Harcharan Singh, a witness of the forged power attorneys of the oustees. He said three other co- accused Mahabir, Munshi Ram and Kabal Singh were still at large.

After running from pillar to post for getting registered a forgery case against the mafia, oustees Parkash Chand of Talara, Gorkhi Ram of Bhugnara, Sadhu Ram of Haripur and Baldev Chand of Sukhar had moved an application in the Pokhran (Rajasthan) court seeking direction for registration of a forgery case against land grabbers. Following the court order, Nokh police had registered three FIRs against five accused directly involved in the alleged forgery case.