One held for land fraud

UK-based NRI booked for cheating another

Chandigarh, August 23Two persons defrauded a UK-based NRI by attempting to sell his house at Sector 10 while the latter was abroad. The police today booked the two accused. The police arrested Gurinder Singh of Jalandhar for preparing fake documents to sell the house of NRI Chatur Singh Bajwa. The police also booked another NRI, Avinder Singh Kahlon, for arranging fake general power of attorney (GPA) to the accused. Gurinder was remanded to police custody for two days.
Bajwa alleged that the accused had tried to sell his house at Sector 10 after arranging fake documents. The GPA was sent by Kahlon from the UK, following which these were put up before the UT estate office.