Ludhiana, May 6 -- The court of judicial magistrate Karun Kumar ordered the immediate registration of an FIR against three accused of criminal trespass and forgery in an alleged attempt to seize property belonging to Dr Sumeet Sofat, a city-based doctor and long-time resident of Hira Road.

Dr Sofat had moved the seeking directions to the SHO of Sadar police station to act on his complaint dated January 15. Despite presenting detailed allegations and documents to the police, the FIR had not been registered.

The court took serious note of the complaint, which accused Harwinder Singh alias Nihang of Village Sayiyan Kalan of Ludhiana, Balkirat Singh of Noorwala Road, and Vassu Madan of Satjot Nagar, Dhandran Road of criminally trespassing o...