Bid to grab property in Jagraon by Manuke, Canadian citizen had alleged
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has among others put MLA Sarabjit Kaur Manuke, the state of Punjab and the CBI on notice on a petition filed by a 75-year-old widow and Canadian citizen, a special report by Saurabh Malik in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
The Petitioner Amarjit Kaur Singh, alleged among other things, that the “MLA from the ruling regime, in connivance with others, by using undue influence, tried to seize unlawful possession of her property”.
Real culprits being shielded
The FIR has been registered to save the real culprits. The state authorities have neither registered the FIR on the statement of the petitioner, nor recorded her statement to date. —Amarjit Kaur Singh, petitioner
In her petition placed before Justice Vikas Bahl’s Bench, the petitioner through counsel PS Ahluwalia, Ishan Gupta and Keerat Dhillon contended that she was the owner of a house in Jagraon. She had filed a complaint through her daughter-in-law alleging that some unknown persons were residing in the house and were trying to grab her property. She had, on inquiry, learnt that the respondent-MLA had occupied the house.
Justice Bahl was also told that no FIR was registered in spite of complaints disclosing cognisable offences. until June 19, immediately on the statement of Karam Singh.
In the FIR, the fact that the present petitioner was the property’s original owner was not disputed and a reference was made to a power of attorney dated March 21, 2005, stated to have been executed by the petitioner in favour of Ashok Kumar.
However it was later submitted that the power of attorney, even as per the FIR, was forged and the petitioner had never given any power of attorney to Ashok Kumar. It was contended that the petitioner was a victim in the case.
It was contended that the modus operandi of the persons was apparent from the fact that a false power of attorney was prepared in favour of Ashok Kumar and he purportedly executed a sale deed dated May 11 in favour of Karam Singh.
Yet the police neither recorded her statement, nor were her signatures taken for comparison with the signatures on the power of attorney to prove during trial that it was a forged document.
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