Amritsar, July 28 -- Police have lodged an FIR against sitting Congress councillor Sameer Dutta and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Amarbir Singh Sandhu following the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana high court for allegedly duping an NRI woman and fraudulently selling her property.

The complainant, Manpreet Kaur Sandhu, a Canadian citizen, said she had lodged a complaint in connection with the case in 2022 but no action was taken by police at that time.

On Saturday, the police registered the FIR at Civil Lines police station, under Sections 420 (cheating), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, and Section 82 of the Registration Act against the accused.

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