Punjab farmer cheated TN in land deal for about 25L

CHANDIGARH: In a primarily agrarian society, where landholdings are shrinking everyday, lure of cheap land would be enough to pull a Punjab farmer to distant Tamil Nadu. But such deals may not always turn out to be fair and square, as Ludhiana-based Malkiat Singh learnt to his dismay two years ago.

Two years after he was allegedly cheated of Rs 25 lakh in a land deal, the crime branch of Madurai police registered an FIR on December 10 against property dealer Rajinder Singh, his son Balwant Singh and six others including the revenue officials concerned, for cheating, fraud, forgery, conspiracy and criminal intimidation.

The 30-acre land at Ramanathapuram village in Madurai district was claimed to be encumbrance-free and fertile by the property dealer, Rajinder Singh, Malkiat alleged in his complaint. But when he reached the village to take possession, he found part of the land to be the property of a temple, while the rest of the deal was declared fake, he said.

Confirming the development, Madurai district crime branch SP M Manohar said one person has been arrested in the case and investigations are on.

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