NAKODAR
The Mehat Pur police have arrested a couple on charges of cheating and using caste remarks.
Shahkot Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Onkar Singh Brar said the accused have been identified as Raman Deep Singh, son of Harbhajan Singh, a resident of Naurang Pur village under Shahkot, and presently living in Garden colony, Nakodar, and his wife, Mandeep Kaur.
Ashwani Kumar, a resident of Khuram Pur village in Mehat Pur, had complained to the police that the accused cheated him of RS 5 Lakhs on the pretext of installing a solar system, and when he demanded back his money, Raman Deep Singh and Rannjit Singh abused him and used caste remarks against him.
DSP said a case under section 316(2)( criminal breach of trust), 318(4) (cheating) of the BNS and sections 3(1)( RS) of the ST/SC Act was registered against the accused and a deed writer Rannjit Singh Ranna son of Darshan Singh a resident of Kular village who is absconding.