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  • Two years on, FIR filed on NRI’s property fraud plaint

    Two years on, FIR filed on NRI’s property fraud plaint

    Brother among two arrested, two others booked

    LUDHIANA (TIP): An NRI belonging to the city has paid his gratitude to the Punjab Police for taking action on his complaint related to a property fraud done to him, without making him visit India amid his apprehension of threat to his life. The complaint pertained to Saggar House, a prime property worth over Rs 100 crore situated on the Rani Jhansi road.

    The suspects were identified as Kulwinder Singh Grewal, a resident of Sarabha Nagar, Anmol Saggar, his brother Atul Saggar and complainant’s real brother Rohit Saggar, all from Kundanpuri. A case under Sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) and 120-B(criminal conspiracy) of the IPC was registered against them. Kulwinder and Rohit have been arrested.

    In a complaint submitted online to the Punjab DGP, Mohit Saggar, who resides in Chicago, US, stated that on March 9, 2022, Rohit allegedly forged his signature and sold his share of ancestral property to Kulwinder. He stated that the forgery stood proven as he had never visited India after the year 2000. Kulwinder further sold the property to others.

    “Kulwinder and his associates wanted to grab my share in the said property. Earlier also, they had caused damage to my property and I had submitted complaints about it. On March 9, 2022, I came to know that Kulwinder, in connivance with Atul, Anmol and my brother sent some unidentified persons to the house. They forcibly trespassed on the property, broke a major portion of the building and loaded the bricks and other material in a vehicle. They not only wanted to take unlawful possession of the property, but also caused damage to the structure,” he stated. The complainant stated that he apprehended threat to his life at the hands of the suspects if came to India.

    “I had sent a complaint to the Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav, who further marked it to Parveen Sinha, ADGP, NRI Wing. At last, Dr Narinder Bhargav, DIG, NRI Wing, Ludhiana, conducted a probe and registered a case,” he said.

    Dr Bhargav told The Tribune that during the police investigation, the role of the suspects, including the brother of the complainant, was established and a case was registered. While two of the persons named in the FIR had been arrested, raids were on to nab the remaining suspects, he added.
    (Source: TNS)

  • Australian court sentences Samrala youth to 22-yr jail for burying ex-girlfriend alive

    Australian court sentences Samrala youth to 22-yr jail for burying ex-girlfriend alive

    LUDHIANA (TIP)- An agrarian Dhaliwal family of Balala village in Samrala subdivision has left everything to the Almighty after hearing about the 22-year-long sentence to their son Tarikjot Singh on August 1, 2023
    “How can we expect justice from the judicial system of a country situated thousands of miles from our home,” sighed a close relative of Tarikjot, adding that both Mohan Singh Dhaliwal, father, and Jasvir Kaur Dhaliwal, mother, have been reciting Gurbani ever since they heard the news on Tuesday.
    The South Australian Supreme Court of Justice Adam Kimber sentenced Tarikjot Singh, elder son of the Dhaliwal family, to 22 years and 10 months imprisonment for the murder of his former partner Jasmeen Kaur.
    Singh will be eligible for first parole in 2044 and would have to leave the country after completion of his sentence.
    Tarikjot Singh had shifted to Adelaide in 2016 and had been accused of burying his girlfriend Jasmeen Kaur alive in South Australia’s remote Flinders Ranges after abducting her from her workplace on March 5, 2021. The motive of the crime, according to the prosecution, was Tarikjot’s failure to cope with their broken relationship.

  • Call center duping US citizens busted in Ludhiana, India, 29 nabbed

    Call center duping US citizens busted in Ludhiana, India, 29 nabbed

    LUDHIANA/NEW YORK (TIP): The Ludhiana police have busted a fake call center and arrested 29 members belonging to Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Nagaland and Meghalaya, according to a news report carried by Tribune. Those arrested are aged between 19 and 25 years. These persons would make American residents believe that their computer/laptop had been hacked and then swindle money from them on the pretext of fixing the issue.

    Eleven of them belong to Meghalaya. They were getting a monthly salary ranging between Rs 25,000 and Rs 45,000. On an average, around 20 US residents were duped of $500 each, thereby making around $10,000 daily.

    The call center was being run from a rental accommodation at Daad village. The police seized 14 tablets, 34 mobile phones, two laptops, Rs 1.17 lakh in cash and one scooter from the accused.

    Police Commissioner Mandeep Singh Sidhu said center manager Krishna of Gujarat and IT expert Sachin of UP were arrested acting on a tip-off yesterday. Following disclosures by them, a raid was conducted on a house at Daad village last night from where 27 more persons were held.

    Sidhu said their counterparts in the US would bombard pop-up messages on the computers of the US residents, showing warning that their device had been hacked or compromised. Once the user clicked on the link, a technical support number claiming to be from Microsoft and Apple headquarters would show up.

    Once the telephone call was initiated by the computer owner, the scammer would instruct the victim to download a remote desktop software and to allow the conspirator to connect to the victim’s computer to address the issue.

    Later, the accused would convince the victim that there were subscriptions that the victim would have to apply and only the Federal Trade Commission, US, could deal with that issue. After that, the call would be transferred to another team member who pretended to be a representative of the Federal Trade Commission. That person would then convince the victim that he would help secure his computer, but for that, a withdrawal of $500 would have to be made from his bank account. He would tell the victim that the amount would be converted into some traceable electronic mode (gift card ) and then credited to his account and his computer would also be secured.

  • Bike-borne assailants kill Canadian NRI in Ludhiana

    Bike-borne assailants kill Canadian NRI in Ludhiana

    LUDHIANA, INDIA (TIP): A 42-year-old NRI Barinder Singh was killed by motorcycle-borne assailants at Thakur Colony on Pakhowal Road on Monday, July 17 night.

    Barinder was heading back to his home from his farmhouse when he was waylaid. He had arrived from Canada four months ago. ADCP Suhail Qassim Mir said it’s a case of personal enmity as the assailants didn’t take away Barinder’s cellphone or cash from the spot. He said they had obtained a CCTV footage of four suspects and would check call details of the deceased. Mir said several cases were registered against Barinder for usurping property. “We are working on various angles. The case will be cracked soon,” he said.

    Sources said Barinder had a dispute with some people over ownership of a bungalow. However, Barinder’s friend Jaspreet Singh said the former had documents related to the disputed bungalow in his possession.

    Barinder had reportedly purchased a disputed 250 sq yd house at Satjot Nagar for just Rs 10 lakh and took possession of the property in a forceful manner. A case has been registered.