SHAHKOT: The Shahkot police have arrested two brothers on the charges of encroaching NRI’s land.
The investigating officer (IO)and Malsian police post in-charge Sanjivan Singh said that the accused have been identified as Gurmail Singh a resident of Mehmuwal village and his brother Udham Singh.
Jaswant Singh a Canadian citizen residing in Surry, Vancouver had complained to Jalandhar(rural) senior superintendent of police that the accused encroached his land by procuring fake documents.
IO said a case under sections 420(cheating) , 465, 467, 468 and 471(fraud) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC was registered against the accused after an inquiry.