Chandigarh, Feb. 18 -- The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has criticised the Chandigarh Police's handling of a complaint involving alleged forgery in a family property dispute, calling for a thorough investigation.

The case revolves around a complaint filed by Kanwar N Singh, a legal heir of a residence in Sector-46/C, Chandigarh, who accused his elder sister, Kanwaljit Kaur, and their siblings of forging documents to transfer ownership of the property.

In its observations, the PCA stated that the police could not dismiss the matter simply because a civil dispute was pending in the Chandigarh district court since 2017. The authority emphasised that an attempt to transfer the property based on forged documents constitutes a cognisable...