Punjab stamp vendor booked for forgery and cheating

A case was registered against Parminder Singh for allegedly duping innocent people under the banner of 'Nanhi Chhana' a socio-religious campaign against female foeticide- a brainchild of Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

The case was registered after a probe conducted by Gurpreet Singh Khera, Additional Deputy Commissioner Moga, following reports last week, police said.

The enquiry found that the stamp vendor in connivance with two other employees of the local administrative complex Jaspal Singh and Gurwinder Singh started cheating people by selling forms at the Suvidha Centre since last seven months with the promise to provide a grant of Rs one lakh to couples having one female child, Rs two lakh to those having two daughters and Rs three lakh to those having three daughters.

The additional deputy commissioner in his enquiry report clearly stated that there is no such scheme to provide financial assistance to those couples with girl child.