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LUDHIANA: The police have booked the managing director of a chit fund company for allegedly duping hundreds of people on the pretext of investing in a lucky draw scheme. 634 victims have lodged complaints against the accused and alleged that he had duped them of Rs 38 lakh.
Following an investigation, the Dehlon police have lodged an FIR against Sukhchain Singh, managing director of Parivar Star Hum Tum Company.
One of the complainants, Amrik Singh, stated that the accused had opened an office in Bachittar Nagar near Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College on Malerkotla road and invited people to invest money in the company. The accused made people invest Rs 1,000 per month in the company for one year on the assurance that he would organise a lucky draw every month and the winner would not need to pay the rest of the instalments. The accused also promised that the people who would not win the lucky draw, would get assured gifts.