NAKODAR: The Nakodar city police have booked a Jalandhar resident on the charges of cheating and breach of trust.
The investigating officer (IO) Balwindar Singh said that the accused has been identified as Rakesh Kumar’ a resident of Gurdev Nagar Jalandhar.
Jaswant Singh a resident of Mehsam Pur village under Mehat Pur police station complained to the police that the accused reached an agreement with him to sell his house situated in Mohalla Purewal colony Nakodar which was mortgaged with a bank and received Rs 3 Lakhs as earnest money but did not returned it and thus cheated him .
IO said a case under sections 420(cheating) and 406(breach of trust) has been registered against the accused and further investigations are on.