Mohali, Aug. 7 -- Police busted an inter-district gang involved in duping property buyers and arrested five individuals, recovering Rs.32.5 lakh in cash and five vehicles from their possession.

The operation was led by Karan Sandhu, DSP, Kharar, and SHO Gharuan Balwinder Singh, following a complaint filed by Amarjit Singh, a resident of Gharuan village.

The complainant alleged that two individuals, Jagdish Kumar and Avtar Singh, posed as landowners and showed him a property in Luhar Majra Kalan village, Fatehgarh Sahib. The accused allegedly used forged documents and fake identities to execute a fraudulent power of attorney and extracted money from the complainant.

SP (Rural) Manpreet Singh said police verified the documents and found ...