Tribune News Service Chandigarh March 3 The UT police today carried out a search at the house of Sanjeev Mahajan a journalist who was arrested on a charge of land grab. A team led by the ASP (South) searched Sanjeevs house in Sector 37 in the evening. UT SSP Kuldeep Singh Chahal said they were also investigating the money trail. “We have found six bank accounts of Sanjeev which are being scrutinised” the SSP said. The SSP said investments made by Sanjeev in the past would also be probed. Sources said the police were also gathering information about properties if any owned by him. Nine persons — liquor baron Arvind Singla Satpal Dagar (brother of the DSP) Khalendra Singh Kadiyan Ashok Arora Saurabh Gupta the late Surjit Singh Shekhar Daljit Singh and Sanjeev — have been booked by the police. Singla who is yet to he arrested had earlier joined the investigation on February 20 this year. In his statement to the police Singla had stated that in April 2017 Ashok Arora alias Mannu had told him that Sanjeev had a deal regarding a house in Sector 37. Singla and Arora then met Sanjeev who told them that his associates have the possession of the second floor of the house and they would vacate it if Singla wanted to buy it. According to Singla he had refused to purchase the property. However a few days later Ashok visited his office in Sector 40 and told him that Sanjeev had sold the house to Satpal Daggar brother of a UT DSP for Rs2.40 crore. Singla along with Ashok then met Satpal and Singla offered to buy 50 per cent share of the house. However Satpal agreed on a 33 per cent share. After finalising the deal and paying a certain amount of money on April 27 2017 a GPA was executed in the name of Singla and Kadiyan. Singla in his statement to the police claimed that he later asked for the registry to the house. However it was not done following which he demanded his money back. After that he arranged a meeting of Ashok and Satpal with his friend Manish Gupta who agreed to purchase the house. The GPA was cancelled and later the sale deed was executed in the name of Manishs brother Saurabh Gupta. According to Saurabh who had recorded his statement with the police on February 18 this year they had purchased the house for Rs2.90 crore. Liquor baron among 9 booked Nine persons — liquor baron Arvind Singla Satpal Dagar (brother of the DSP) Khalendra Singh Kadiyan Ashok Arora Saurabh Gupta the late Surjit Singh Shekhar Daljit Singh and Sanjeev — have been booked by the police.

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