Chandigarh, April 9
Members of the local Vishwakarma Ruhani Mission Trust, Ratwara Sahib, and a few other persons today accused Punjab Police DGP N.P.S. Aulakh’s son Sumer Pratap Singh Aulakh of obtaining general power of attorney (GPA) of a disputed piece of land on the same day the high court granted status quo on the transfer of the land.
Trust member Kuldeep Singh, while giving details of the case, said there was a land dispute going on between the Trust and a few others, including Babu Singh, over 6 acres in Paintpura village in Kharar tehsil of Mohali district. He said the civil suit filed by Babu Singh was dismissed in a lower court, but then upheld by a lower appellate court.
He said the Trust had filed an appeal before the high court, which granted a status quo order on the transfer of the land on December 18 last year.
Kuldeep Singh and other members of the Trust, besides Harbhajan Singh and Mehma Singh, claimed that on the same day the judgement was delivered, the DGP’s son procured a GPA from the opposite party in his favour. They alleged that subsequently the DGP had used his influence to take “forceful and illegal” possession of the land. They, however, could not single out a single instance of force used by the DGP or the Punjab Police to take control of the land.
The Trust members alleged that the actions of the DGP’s son amounted to contempt of court, as possession of the land could not be taken legally by the DGP’s son on the same day the high court granted status quo in the case.
They also alleged that the DGP’s daughter Jasmine Dhillon had purchased about 6 acres in Kansala village in Kharar district and obtained possession of 19 acres of adjoining shamlat (common) land.
Aulakh, when contacted by TNS, said an attempt was being made to tarnish his image. Disassociating himself completely from both deals, he said they had been conducted by his son and daughter, both of who were Non Resident Indians (NRIs). He said as far as the case of the GPA taken by his son for the land in Paintpura village was concerned, he had learnt that his son had paid money through an NRI account.
The DGP said as far as the date on which the GPA was obtained, he was sure that his son did not know about the order of the high court, which the Trust was claiming had been passed on the same day. “The ownership has not changed nor has my son tried to forcibly grab the land as is being alleged,” he said, adding that he was willing to get the case investigated by any third agency.
Regarding the case of his daughter, he said the Trust members were unnecessarily dragging her into a controversy. “The purchase of land by her has nothing to do with them, but they are alleging that she has occupied shamlat land which is not true.”
The DGP went on to say that his children, who were NRIs, had acquired these properties through proper channel by paying money through NRI accounts. “I have nothing to do with the deals,” he said, adding, “I am a government employee and my wife is a lecturer. We do not have so much money to be involved in such expensive land deals.”
