Mother-Son Duo Booked for Selling Air Force's Airstrip Used in India-Pakistan Wars in Punjab

Mother-son duo booked for selling Air Force's airstrip used in India-Pakistan wars in Punjab

More than two decades after a mother-son duo sold an airstrip, its ownership was restored to the Indian Air Force (IAF) last month. Read to know how they sold an airstrip used in three India-Pakistan wars.

IAF Airstrip Used In Three Wars ‘Sold Off’ By Mother-Son Duo In Punjab

Amritsar: An FIR has been registered against a woman and her son by the Punjab Police, 28 years after they ‘sold’ off an airstrip used by the Indian Air Force (IAF) during the 1962, 1965 and 1971 Wars. The World War II-era airstrip in Fattuwala village of Ferozepur, Punjab, near the border with Pakistan, was used as an Advance Landing Ground (ALG) by the IAF. In 1997, Usha Ansal and her son Naveen Chand connived with corrupt revenue department o…

Historic IAF Airstrip, Used in Three Wars, Fraudulently 'Sold' by Mother-Son Duo in Ferozepur

A Strategic Asset Illegally SoldIn a startling case of fraud that remained hidden for nearly three decades, a mother and son in Ferozepur have been booked for illegally selling a historic Indian Air Force (IAF) airstrip. The land, a strategic asset from the World War II era located in Fattuwala village near the Pakistan border, served as a crucial advanced landing ground during the 1962, 1965, and 1971 wars. The alleged sale, which took place in…