NRI couple booked for fraud
Our Correspondent
Phagwara, April 25
On a complaint by Harinder Kaur, a resident of Bhandhal village near Phillaur, the city police have registered a case under Sections 417, 465, 467, 468, 471, 474, 120-B and 494 of the IPC against her USA-based husband Manjit Singh and his first wife Kamaljit Kaur, both from Urban Estate, Phagwara, and now permanent residents of the US.
The victim, in her complaint to the police, said she got married in 2008 to Manjit Singh, who posed himself as a divorcee.
The victim said she delivered a son after one year of her marriage, but shockingly, she could not know that the accused got prepared the birth certificate of her son with the mother’s name as Kamaljit Kaur and hid the fact from her. She alleged that her accused husband then succeeded to get a passport for their son with Kamaljit as his mother’s name.
The complainant alleged that her husband, along with his first wife Kamaljit, hatched a conspiracy and took her son to the US, leaving her in India. She said Manjit had never divorced his first wife and moreover they wanted a baby, so he married her. The police are investigating the matter.
13 curfew violators held in Shahkot, Mehat Pur, Lohian
Nakodar: To ensure strict compliance of the lockdown and curfew, the Shahkot subdivision police arrested 13 violators on Friday.
Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police Paira Singh said the Shahkot police registered four FIRs on Friday and arrested six persons, Mehat Pur police registered two FIRs and arrested four persons and Lohian Khas police registered three FIRs and arrested three persons.
He said some accused were loitering on two-wheelers, while others were transporting labour in their SUVs by violating the curfew orders, adding that nobody would be allowed to defy the restrictions. He said cases under different sections of the Indian Penal Code and section of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, were registered against the accused, who were released on bail after warning. He said many two-wheelers have been impounded and traffic challans been issued to violators. — OC
