A case has been registered against former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh’s son Abhishek Singh, a former MP, and 19 others on the charge of cheating in connection with an alleged chit fund scam in Surguja district of the state, police said Tuesday.
Former BJP MP Madhusudan Yadav and Congress leader Naresh Dakaliya have also been booked in the case.
Abhishek, Yadav, and Dakaliya had allegedly acted as star campaigners for the company, which functioned in various districts of the state before shutting its operations during the year 2016. Nobody is arrested in the case so far.
“Apart from Abhishek, Yadav, and Dakaliya, 17 directors and core committee members of the Anmol India Company were booked on Monday at Ambikapur City Kotwali police station based on a complaint lodged by an investor-cum-agent Prem Sagar Gupta,” said Inspector General of Police in the Surguja range, K.C. Agrawal.