Subedar arrested in fake permanent resident scam 
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Rajouri, September 21
The police has arrested an Army Subedar after his involvement in the fake permanent resident (PRC) scam was established by a team constituted to probe the scam.
Sources identified the Subedar as Manjeet Singh of Bathooni here. Manjeet Singh was arrested after he had returned home from the North-East where he was posted, sources added.
The PRC scam was brought to light in 2006 when the then Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Rajouri-Poonch range, V.K.Singh, received the complaint regarding fake PRC having been issued to the ward of an Army Brigadier. The DIG had ordered an enquiry and under the supervision of the then SSP Rajouri, Farooq Khan, a special team of the District Special Branch (DSB) was constituted to investigate the authenticity of the complaint.
The investigators, during preliminary investigation, had found that one Patwari, Khursheed Tantrey, prepared the necessary documents required for issuance of PRC. The documents were then signed by the then Tehsildar, Rajinder Singh, then Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR), A.Q.Mir (now retired), and revenue clerk Muhammad Yousuf.
The fake PRC was issued by the revenue authorities in favour of one Harkanwar Singh, son of Brigadier Manjeet Singh of Jalandhar, who during his posting as Col HR with Romeo Force Headquarters had managed to get the document issued.
The senior Army officer at present a Brigadier in Kashmir had managed to get the fake documents issued in favour of his son Harkanwar by showing him to be the son of Subedar Manjeet Singh of Bathooni, Rajouri, and had used the fake PRC to get his son admitted to Acharya Shri Chander Institute of Medical Sciences.
A member of the DSB team while confirming the arrest of Subedar Manjeet Singh told Tribune News Service that the Subedar was among the 11 accused in the scam. "We are also trying to get the other accused in the case so that they can be brought to book".