Punjab
Police Chief facing allegations of land grabbing by his NRI children
Chandigarh, April 09, 2008
Narinder Kumar
After issuing a non- bailable arrest warrant for
Bhupinder S
Thind, Himachal Pradesh IPS officer by Rajpura
court for grabbing NRI's property with false
cheques & forged power of Attorney in 2007, now the present
Punjab
Police Chief, DGP N.P.S. Aulakh is facing allegations of land
grabbed by his son.
The Vishwakarma Ruhani Mission Trust, Ratwara Sahib,
along with 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 said:
- A land dispute was going on between the Trust and a few others,
over 6 acres land in Paintpura village near Mohali.
- The civil suit filed by Babu Singh was dismissed in a lower
court, but then upheld by a lower appellate court.
- 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.
- Trust members, Harbhajan Singh and Mehma Singh claimed that
on the same day the judgment was delivered, the DGP’s
son procured a GPA from the opposite party in his favor.
- The DGP’s son took the possession on the same day the
high court granted status quo in the case.
- The DGP's son had used his influence to take “forceful
and illegal” possession of the land.
According to the local media, NRI Jasmine Dhillon
daughter of DGP had purchased about 6 acres in Kansala village,
near Kharar also got possession of 19 acres of adjoining shamlat
land.
DGP N.P.S. Aulakh describe everything gently
and politely to the media that they are trying to tarnish his
image and said:
- His children are NRIs and they had bought the properties through
proper channel by paying money through NRI accounts.
- The land she bought, have nothing to do with them and she
occupied shamlat land they claim is not true
- In the the case of the GPA taken by his son for the land in
Paintpura village:
- He had learnt that his son had paid money through an
NRI account.
- He had also learnt 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 other parties are claiming this
DGP N.P.S. Aulakh said he is willing to get
the case investigated by any third agency. He has nothing to do
with the deals. He is a government employee and his wife is a
lecturer. They do not have so much money to be involved in such
expensive land deals.
One senior police officer told our our press representative that
any dispute happened to their immediate families, the opposition
parties try to tarnish their image. We understand that media is
doing their jobs but it reach negative message to the general
public and to NRIs worldwide.
‘Land grab’ by DGP’s son
Jangveer Singh
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 9, 2008
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.”
