The Punjab Police’s NRI wing, under AIG Jagjit Singh Walia, launched a preliminary investigation and registered a case against the suspects. Walia assured that the miscreants would not be allowed to claim the property
A Canada-based Non-Resident Indian (NRI), Amandeep Singh, has called for the intervention of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to stop an attempt to seize his family’s ancestral property. The property, which houses a private school on Ram Tirath Road in Amritsar, has been operating for over four decades. Amandeep claims that a group of individuals tried to take control of the land by tampering with official records.
Amandeep Singh’s father, Dr. Avtar Singh, a former professor at the prestigious Khalsa College, established the school in the 1980s after returning from Canada. His mission was to provide affordable education to underprivileged children in the rural area. The school is currently affiliated with the Punjab School Education Board and continues to serve the community.
Although the family holds all necessary documents and land records, they continue to fear another attempt to take over the property. They have urged the Chief Minister and senior police officials to safeguard the school from the land mafia and ensure the institution remains protected
Following his father’s passing two years ago, Amandeep’s elderly mother found it difficult to manage the school. Consequently, the family temporarily handed over the school’s administration to Dr. Avtar Singh’s friend, Davinder Sandhu. The family plans to send Amandeep’s wife, Urvashi, to India to continue Dr. Avtar’s legacy and manage the school.
However, Amandeep was shocked to discover that a land mafia had manipulated the school’s records in an attempt to seize the property. Two months ago, individuals allegedly broke into the school and attempted to take illegal possession of the land.
Urvashi, Amandeep’s wife, revealed that after filing a First Information Report (FIR), some local police officers threatened the laborers clearing the land, allegedly under the influence of the suspects.
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