Jalandhar, July 5 -- The NRI wing of Punjab Police has registered two FIRs against five persons involved in grabbing a prime chunk of lands owned by NRIs based in the United States and United Kingdom (UK), officials said.

The two FIRs have been registered on the charges of cheating, trespassing, forgery, criminal conspiracy and forging documents at Jalandhar's NRI police station on the complaint of two NRIs. The estimated amount of these properties runs in crores, with elderly NRIs settled abroad for past decades being the main targets, the officials added.

In one of the FIRs registered on the complaint of 80-year-old UK resident Paramjit Singh Takhar on July 3 at Jalandhar's NRI police station, the accused have been identified as Vikas...