JAMMU: The Crime Branch Jammu has arrested a West Pakistani refugee, who is also a Sarpanch, originally hailing from Sialkote Pakistan and presently putting up at village Kot in Jammu district for his involvement in fabricating fake Permanent Resident Certificate after hatching criminal conspiracy with Revenue authorities.
The accused has been identified Prabhakar Singh alias Shoki son of Lakhan Singh, a resident of village Kot. A Crime Branch Jammu handout said a total of 12 FIRs have been registered against the Sarpanch, who is also a history sheeter of Gharota police station. He has also been accused of grabbing forest land by mowing down trees by use of heavy machinery for cutting and levelling. The accused was detained under PSA in Kot Bhalwal Jail Jammu for his unlawful activities. The Crime Branch Jammu approached the Hon’ble Court of Special Judge anti-Corruption, Jammu for his custody. Accordingly, the accused was arrested after taking his custody from Central Jail Kot Bhalwal Jammu.
The case owes its origin to a written complaint lodged by Munir Ahmed of Palace Road, Jammu, alleging therein that the accused Parbhakar Singh, Prem Singh, Kuldeep Singh and Deep Singh all sons of Late Lakhan Singh and Baby Bala were basically West Pakistan refugees and in the year 1947 Jaggat Singh father of Lakhan Singh migrated to India and settled in Punjab where Punjab Government allotted him land in village Bela Tajowal Tehsil Garh Shanker Gurdaspur, Punjab and after the death of Jaggat Singh, Lakhan Singh sold his land and migrated to village Kot in Jammu where he managed a Permanent Resident Certificate for himself as well as his children by fraudulent means and got employment in Power Development Department.
The accused was Sarpanch of Panchayat Halqa Kot when PSA was slapped against him.
The accused was produced before the court of Law and his police remand has been sought for further investigation of the case, a Crime Branch handout said.
