AAP functionary alleges wife posed as PCS officer, hid previous marriage | Chandigarh News
FATEHGARH SAHIB: Police have booked a Tarn Taran woman and five relatives for allegedly duping Aam Aadmi Party functionary Amarinder Singh Mandofal into marriage by posing as a Punjab Civil Services (PCS) officer and concealing her previous marriage.Mandofal (33), AAP Punjab joint secretary, Zila Parishad member and Sirhind Market Committee chairman, married the woman on Feb 10. Punjab Assembly Speaker and senior AAP leaders, including a cabinet minister, attended the ceremony.According to the FIR, the woman claimed to be an executive PCS officer posted in Jalandhar and later said she had been given charge as additional deputy commissioner in Mohali. She allegedly sent forged govt deployment orders and maintained an Instagram profile identifying herself as a PCS officer.Police said her family allegedly claimed to own 40 acres in Tarn Taran and falsely said both her parents were dead. Mandofal became suspicious after she repeatedly left home citing official duty and later claimed she had been suspended. She allegedly left the house on Aug 27 with 14 tolas of gold jewellery and Rs 1 lakh in cash.Mandofal’s subsequent verification allegedly found that she had forged her Class 10 certificate, PAN card and other documents to show her date of birth as June 18, 1992, instead of June 18, 1980.He also alleged that she had married another man in 2007, had an 18-year-old son and obtained an out-of-court divorce settlement of Rs 35 lakh, facts allegedly concealed before their marriage.He further alleged that her family threatened to implicate him in false dowry and domestic violence cases unless he paid Rs 50 lakh as an out-of-court settlement.SHO Inspector Rupinder Singh said FIR No. 240 was registered under BNS Sections 318(4), 336(3), 338, 340(2) and 61(2). The accused include the woman, her brother, mother, sister-in-law, cousin and a former village sarpanch.No arrests have been made and the investigation is under way.
