As many as 11 people have been booked by Safidon city police on Sunday including a Sadhvi for allegedly forging the will of late head priest Swami Ramswaroop Brahmachari in an attempt to take control of the Guru Brahmanand Ashram and its property in Safidon of Jind.
The police further alleged that the disputed will was used in legal proceedings, with the accused filing a petition before the civil judge (senior division) court in Haridwar seeking to establish their rights over the ashram property and obtain its possession.
The accused have been booked under relevant provisions relating to fraud, forgery and use of forged documents. Further investigation is in progress and no arrests have been made so far.
Police said their investigation found that the head priest was admitted to a hospital in Karnal from 9am to 1pm on the same day. A forensic examination of the disputed document subsequently found the signatures attributed to him to be forged, police said. The police said the case was registered after examination of the complaint, medical records and forensic findings.
