JALANDHAR: The wife of a retired naik, who had fought in the 1971 war with Pakistan, has been booked on charges of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy to sell off his flat after transferring the ownership in her name by using a fake death certificate.
Accused Kamla Devi of Deru village in Himachal Pradesh has the FIR registered against her at Navi Baradari police station. The FIR says that naik (retd) Ram Aasra, 72, of Sadh Nagar in Delhi, told police that Kamla and he were a couple since in 1972 and they had two children, Asha and Santosh. He was allotted a flat in the local housing board colony on December 15, 1980, by PUDA and he moved in there with family during posting in Jalandhar.
Aasra, who is a native of Purhiran village, Hoshiarpur, said that after Operation Bluestar in 1984, during which he was shot in the thigh, he was transferred to Pathankot in January 1985 and retired in same December. Thereafter, Kamla separated from him and he came to know about the status of the flat in 2007 when she filed an alimony case.
Ex-serviceman’s house sold by wife by forging his death certificate
Nikhil Bhardwaj,Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, March 6
In a strange case of fraud, the wife of an ex-serviceman, who retired as Nayak from the Indian Army, sold his house by allegedly forging his fake death certificate.The ex-serviceman had got this house, located in the Housing Board Colony, from the Army quota. Interestingly, the house has seen three ownership changes.The woman showed herself to be the widow of Ram Asra and managed to sell the house. Sources said the woman had even attached a fake death certificate but the officials allegedly did not testify the authenticity of the certificate before giving nod to the sale of the house.The 72-year-old ex-serviceman, Ram Asra, who is currently staying at Sadh Nagar in Delhi heaved a sigh of relief when the Jalandhar police registered a case of fraud against his wife Kamla Devi under Sections 420, 465, 471 and 120B of the IPC.As per the complainant, his wife has been staying in Pathankot and is still evading arrest.According to the complainant, he had come to know of the sale of his house, allotted to him in 1980 under the defence quota in 2009 when he got information from the PUDA Jalandhar under the RTI.He said his wife Kamla sold this house to Surinder Kaur, wife of Santokh Singh. The ownership of the house was later given to one Anupam. Anupam later sold this house to one Gurminder Kaur who later again sold this house to one Anil Kumar Khatri.Ram Asra said he had also met the Deputy Commissioner in January 2015 who had assured of action against the culprit and assured that he could also get the house ownership back through legal procedures.He said he came to know about the fraud and filed a complaint with the SSP in 2009 who marked an inquiry to the anti-fraud department but no action was taken by the police against Kamla.Now a few days ago, he received a phone call from the DC office in Jalandhar and was informed that an FIR has been registered against Kamla and the department would help him in getting back the ownership of the house.“I want justice, house ownership back,” Ram Asra“I urge the Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, PUDA officials, revenue and police officials to help him in getting the house ownership back. My wife has cheated me and she should be punished. At the age of 72, I am suffering from many diseases. I urge the authorities to ensure justice to me,” Ram Asra requested.