NAKODAR
The Nakodar City police have arrested a Malarri village resident on the charges of cheating extortion and committing crime with common intention.
Station House Officer (SHO) Dharminder Kadian said that the accused has been identified as Pankaj Kumar son of Raj Kumar resident of Malarri village
Joban a resident of Ram Dass colony, Nakodar had complained to the police that he owned a plot of 10 marlas in Mohala Kamal Pura Nakodar which he wanted to sell a Dera management and Pankaj Kumar acted as a middleman posing himself as a government representative.
Joban had said that the accused Panaj told him that the plot would be registered without any fees, and he would be responsible for the sale money.
The complainant had said that when he signed a sale agreement with Dera the accused Pankaj demanded Rs 5 Lakhs from him and forced him to give him Rs 2 Lakhs and he promised to pay the rest of the money later and signed the sale deed with Dera management.
Joban had said that the accused demanded three lakhs more and threatened him.
SHO said that a case under sections 384(extortion) 420(cheating) and 34(committing a crime with common intention) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused and his mother and brother.