US-Based NRI Alleges Forged Sale Deed Used to Grab Plot in Punjab; Sub-Registrar’s Office Named in Conspiracy
NRI Alleges Forged Sale Deed: A US-based NRI has filed an FIR alleging his Kharar plot was transferred via a forged sale deed, with the Sub-Registrar’s office accused of complicity.
North Desk Correspondent
Mohali (SAS Nagar), July 13
A US-based NRI has alleged that his plot in Sunny Enclave in Kharar near here, was fraudulently transferred through a forged sale deed — and that the local Sub-Registrar’s office was complicit in registering it — in a case that the Punjab Police have now converted into an FIR.
The complainant, Amit Nagpal is a resident of Manchester, Connecticut, in the United States, who moved abroad in 2008 and returns to Punjab only periodically. His family address remains in Chandigarh. According to the FIR registered last week, the case was taken up following a written complaint which was routed through the Director General of Police, NRI Affairs Wing.
NRI Alleges Forged Sale Deed: Why this case matters beyond one plot
NRI Alleges Forged Sale Deed: Property left behind by NRIs — often bought decades ago, registered correctly, and paid for in full — remains one of the most persistent vulnerabilities for the Punjabi diaspora. Owners abroad cannot watch their land year-round, and that gap is precisely what gets exploited: neighbours encroach, documents get quietly altered, and by the time the owner visits again — sometimes years later — possession or title has already changed hands on paper.
What makes this particular case notable is not just the alleged land grab itself, but the specific mechanism alleged: a forged sale deed processed through the very government office meant to prevent such fraud. If the allegations bear out, it would represent not just private wrongdoing between neighbours, but an institutional failure at the point where property fraud is supposed to be caught.
This is also the second FIR in recent months involving an alleged illegal transfer or occupation of NRI-owned land in the same Sunny Enclave/Kharar belt: following an earlier case reported by North Desk in which a Canada-based NRI alleged his plot in the same broader Sunny Enclave development had been encroached upon and built over. [Link: Canada-Based NRI Alleges Sarpanch’s Son Grabbed His Plot in Kharar’s Sunny Enclave]
Taken together, the two cases point to a specific pocket of Kharar’s real estate — much of it originally sold by the same developer, Bajwa Developers Ltd. — where NRI-owned plots appear to be a recurring target, whether through construction, encroachment, or now, alleged forged conveyancing.
North Desk has separately reported on a visa fraud FIR registered at the same NRI Affairs Wing police station involving a UK-based complainant — part of a wider pattern of grievances from overseas Punjabis being routed through this dedicated wing.
The allegations in this case
NRI Alleges Forged Sale Deed: According to Nagpal’s complaint, he purchased Plot No. 4248, measuring 192 square yards, in Desu Majra, Sunny Enclave, Kharar, from Bajwa Developers Ltd. in 2008, with the sale deed duly executed and registered in his name, and his ownership subsequently reflected in Tehsil Kharar’s revenue records.
He states the plot remained vacant, that he had fenced it with a boundary wall and installed a signboard, and that his neighbours were aware he was an NRI who visited India only occasionally.
Nagpal alleges that Karam Singh, a resident of Desu Majra whom he says he has never met and who has no legitimate connection to the plot, falsely claimed ownership of it.
He alleges Karam Singh executed a Power of Attorney dated August 29, 2025, in favour of Nirmal Chand — but that his specific plot number was not mentioned anywhere in that Power of Attorney document. Despite this, he alleges, the plot was subsequently included in a sale deed dated December 1, 2025, purportedly transferring it to Amandeep Kaur, who owns a neighbouring plot.
The complaint states that Dalbir Singh, Amandeep Kaur’s husband, appeared before the Sub-Registrar, Kharar, as signatory on her behalf at the time of registration, with two individuals — named in the complaint as a numberdaar and another local resident — acting as witnesses.
Nagpal alleges that the Sub-Registrar’s office registered the deed “in connivance” with all parties involved, despite the underlying documentation not supporting the transfer. He says he only learned of the alleged fraud after his mother visited the plot and discovered the discrepancy.
The accused
NRI Alleges Forged Sale Deed: The FIR names Amandeep Kaur, wife of Dalbir Singh; Dalbir Singh himself; Vinod Kumar, whose address is listed as unknown; and two individuals: Nirmal Chand and Karam Singh, described in the FIR as “impersonators.”
The then Sub-Registrar/Joint Sub-Registrar of Kharar is referenced in the complainant’s narrative as having acted in connivance with the other accused, though the office-holder is not identified by name in the FIR, and no separate charge appears to have been filed against that individual at this stage.
The FIR has been registered under Sections 318(4) (cheating), 319(2), 324(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
It is pertinent to note that the allegations in the FIR are based solely on the complainant’s statement and are yet to be established through investigation. The allegation of complicity by the Sub-Registrar’s office, in particular, is a serious claim made by the complainant and remains unverified pending inquiry.
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