Ludhiana, Feb. 7 -- The Daba police have registered a case of cheating, theft and criminal conspiracy against a woman settled in Australia and her family members after her father-in-law alleged that she deliberately removed her husband's name from a permanent residency (PR) application following a dispute over the alleged theft of gold and valuables from his house.

The case has been registered on the complaint of Harpreet Singh, a resident of MKJ Nagar in Lohara village in the district, who alleged that his daughter-in-law, Navneet Kaur, along with her relatives, duped his family of a substantial amount of money and later left his son stranded in Australia by excluding him from the PR process.

According to the complaint, Navneet Kaur ma...