BATHINDA: Uttarakhand police have booked Congress MLA Pritam Singh Kotbhai from Bhucho over his alleged involvement in a chit fund scam . The case is registered at Rudrapur police station of Udham Singh Nagar district and the police have initiated a probe in the matter.Besides Kotbhai, the police have also registered a case against Amarjit Singh Cheema, Gurdeep Singh, Yashpal, Anil and Rattan of Bathinda . Two residents of Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand, including a woman, Firdos Jahan, and her husband, Habib Ahmad, were also booked in the case.The police revealed that the case against all the identified accused was registered on the complaint of Armana Begam of Udham Singh Nagar. Begam had approached the police on August 14, after which the police had verified the allegations and necessary documents for nearly 50 days and then registered the case finally on October 3. The complainant had alleged that in 2010 she had invested around Rs 20 lakh for six years with a private marketing company that was being run by the accused.The company had apparently promised to return double the amount invested.According to the complainant, when she approached the company to claim her investment, the accused had refused to do as promised, following which she lodged the complaint. The complainant further added in the complaint that she also got around 320 people to invest in the company.Rudrapur circle officer (CO) SK Singh said, “The case was registered after a thorough verification of the records submitted by the complainant. The law will take its own course. We will not reveal any more information over this matter.”Kotbhai, however, said he was being indicted in a false case and he does not own any such company in Uttarakhand.

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