Our Correspondent

Fatehgarh Sahib, July 4

The police have registered a case against a man, his wife and son for allegedly duping a resident of Sirhind of Rs3 lakh on the pretext of getting him the district dealership of a feed company.

Pritpal Singh Chadha, a resident of Sirhind, lodged a complaint with the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Fatehgarh Sahib, alleging that Ashok Kumar, his wife and son, all residents of Sirhind, had duped him of Rs3 lakh. He had a good relationship with Ashok. The latter’s son worked at a senior position in a private feed company. He urged Ashok to get him the district dealership of the feed company and the former asked him to come to his house. His son told Chadha that a security of Rs5 lakh was required to be paid to the company for getting he district dealership of the feed company.

Pritpal paid Rs1 lakh to Ashok, who assured him of getting the dealership letter within a month. He said a few days later, Ashok and his wife came to his shop and demanded the remaining Rs4 lakh. Pritpal said he gave the couple a cheque for Rs2 lakh. However, Ashok didn’t get him the dealership, nor returned his money.

The SSP had marked an inquiry in this regard to the economic offences wing and the investigating officer recommended a case against the three suspects on the basis of the report submitted by the DA (Legal).

The investigating officer, assistant sub inspector (ASI) Amrik Singh, said the police had arrested Ashok and his wife while their son Anjandeep was at large.