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CBI claims around 30 fugitives were successfully brought to India under the operation since its launch last year (Representational image)
The agency launched a probe against Pearls Group and its founder Nirmal Singh Bhangu on February 19, 2014 for allegedly duping gullible investors of crores by offering them land in lieu of their investment.
The CBI has arrested Harchand Singh Gill, a director of Pearls Group, who was deported from Fiji in connection with an alleged multi-crore Ponzi scam by his company. Officials gave this information on Tuesday.
Gill was brought from Fiji late on Monday night after being deported from the archipelago as part of ‘Operation Trishul’ launched by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to bring back fugitives living abroad, they said.
The CBI claims that around 30 fugitives were successfully brought to India under the operation since its launch last year.
The objective of the operation is to trace and bring back proceeds of crimes and fugitives with the help of Interpol.
The agency had initiated a probe against the Pearls Group and its founder Nirmal Singh Bhangoo on February 19, 2014 for allegedly duping crores of gullible investors by offering them land in exchange for their investments.
The agency has alleged that the company siphoned off more than Rs 60,000 crore by duping these investors across the country.
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