Former Congress MLA caught in the Pearl Group case, asked for 5 crores!

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A case has been registered against former Congress MLA Pritam Singh Kotbhai and five others in Ludhiana. He is accused of taking Rs 3.50 crore from Nirmal Singh Bhangu, the main accused in the Pearl chit fund scam, to get the case dismissed. The police have also arrested three people. Currently, Nirmal Singh Bhangu is lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail.

Ludhiana resident Shinder Singh, a relative of Bhangu, told the police that Bhangu had a meeting with Pritam Singh, former MLA of Bhucho Mandi, in Bathinda Jail. The former MLA had told him that he would dismiss all the cases. Not only this, Kotbhai had said that he had several chit fund cases against him, which he has disposed of. Because his government is well known. After this, Kotbhai asked Bhangu for Rs 5 crore to get the case dismissed.

Nirmal Singh, lodged in Tihar Jail, agreed to give 3.5 crores in advance and 1.5 crores after the work is done. Thereafter, he took Rs 3.5 crore on interest from Girdhari Lal at the behest of Pritam Singh, who transferred the money to various firms by making DDs.

Deposited money in fake companies and firms
Meanwhile, he came to know that the companies and firms to which Pritam Singh had transferred the money were all fake. The police have registered a case under sections 406, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B of the IPC after interrogation. Police have arrested Jeevan Singh resident of VL Dhola Tehsil Giddarbaha, Dharamvir, Dalip Kumar Tripathi resident of Kanpur Road.

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