Couple dupe taxi driver of Rs6 lakh, case registered

Our Correspondent

Fatehgarh Sahib, August 23

The police have registered a case against a man and his wife for allegedly cheating a taxi driver of Rs6 lakh. Those booked have been identified as Rajesh Sharma and Rakhi Sharma, both residents of Fatehgarh Sahib.

In a complaint to the SSP, Amarjit Singh, who drives a taxi and is resident of Sirhind, alleged that he had struck a deal for buying three bishwa land from Baljit Kaur, a resident of Jandpur Mohali village, for Rs6 lakh. He gave Rs1 lakh as advance and fixed March 8, 2017, for registration of the plot. His friend Rajesh signed papers as witness. On March 8, 2017, Amarjit went to Ludhiana with a patient, but Baljit Kaur kept on asking him to get the plot registered on the same day.

Rajesh Sharma took Amarjit into confidence and said that he would get the plot registered in his wife’s name to which the latter agreed.

The complainant alleged that instead of getting the plot registered on his wife’s name, Rajesh got it registered on the name of his wife Rakhi Sharma. Rajesh also took Rs10,000 cash as registry expenses, the complainant added.

When complainant came to know about this, he urged Rajesh to transfer registration on his wife’s, but the latter refused. Rajesh neither registered plot on the name of complainant’s wife nor returned Rs6 lakh. Rajesh also started threatening him, said complainant.

After investigation the police found that Rajesh and his wife had cheated complainant. After seeking legal advice the police registered an FIR under Sections 406, 420 and 120B, IPC, against couple.