The commissionerate police have handed over the record of the ₹400 crore scam case, including its investigation conducted by Punjab Human Rights Organization (PHRO) pointing the involvement of two former MLAs and other political leaders, to the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The multi-crore investment scam was unearthed in July 2016 when a first information report (FIR) was registered at the Chheharta police station on the complaint of the victims who had lost their hard-earned money to the fraudsters. One more case was registered in this regard in November 2016 on the basis of the investigation conducted by PHRO, which had found that more than 15000 people were duped on pretext of various term and fixed deposit schemes by several companies.
The PHRO, which had been ‘unsatisfied’ with the investigation of Punjab Police, had written to the state chief minister’s office for transferring the case’s record to the ED in 2021. PHRO’s principal investigator Sarabjit Singh Verka said, “After our request to the CM office, Punjab DGP had directed the Amritsar police commissioner to take necessary action. The commissioner had submitted his report to the DGP in May this year after taking legal advice. Finally, the Amritsar police have sent the case’s details to the ED.” Chheharta station house officer (SHO) Sarabjit Singh confirmed that the record of the case was transferred to the ED last week.
The PHRO in its 3579 pages long investigation report had found that some…
