To give relief to victim, her family, gangster Nishan Singh’s property sold for ₹91 lakh
FARIDKOT :Over two months after the Punjab and Haryana high court directed gangster Nishan Singh, serving life sentence in the sensational 2012 Faridkot minor abduction and rape case, and his mother, Navjot Kaur, to pay ₹90 lakh compensation to the victim and her family, the district Red Cross Society has purchased the family’s property for ₹ 91 lakh.
The district administration auctioned around 4 acre of agricultural property registered in the name of Nishan and his mother and recovered the compensation amount. The deputy commissioner is the ex-officio chairman of the district Red Cross Society.
On October 13, the revenue department had attached 36 kanal agricultural land and 16 kanal of residential property registered in the name of Nishan and Navjot following the high court orders issued on August 31. It had said that the compensation amount must be paid within 10 weeks. The society has deposited ₹25 lakh with the administration, with the rest to be credited in a couple of days.
Sources said Nishan was in jail, but buyers had been not been coming forward for the property due to fear and apprehensions of difficulty in taking possession of the land. Officials added that this had been a win-win situation as the property had been purchased at the collector rate and with this, they had executed court orders.
Faridkot DC Rajiv Prashar said, “We have auctioned the property to recover the amount. A report will be submitted in the Punjab and Haryana high court.”
THE CASE
The case dates back to June 25, 2012, when Nishan kidnapped the girl, then a Class-10 student, and raped her repeatedly. She escaped and reached home two days later. Nishan Singh was 19 years old at that time. On September 24, 2012. Nishan Singh and his accomplices abducted the minor again, and had also beaten up her parents. The girl was raped and kept captive till her rescue from Goa on October 21, 2012. Later, she was found to be pregnant. With permission from the court her pregnancy was terminated.
Nishan Singh got double life imprisonment and his mother and eight accomplices were sentenced to seven years in prison. The mother and others were charged with being accomplices in the abduction. Nishan resided in Harindra Nagar, Faridkot, and is from an affluent family. He lost his father at an early age and his only sister committed suicide at her in-laws house.
RED CROSS SOCIETY PURCHASED ABOUT 4 ACRE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT WAS AUCTIONED BY DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION