Fresh case against 11 in organic farming scam

After having duped over 23,000 investors across the country to the tune of Rs 170 crore by making the gullible, mostly farmers, invest in alleged fake firm “Generation of organic farming”, the Khanna police have now registered a fourth FIR in the matter.

The fresh FIR was registered on the complaint of five persons belonging to different places in the state.

In the fresh FIR, six accused are new ones, while five are already named in the earlier three FIRs.

The FIR was registered on the complaint of Gurdas Singh of Muktsar, Harmeet Singh of Mandi Gobindgarh, Gagandeep Sharma of Kapurthala, Ranjodh Singh of Sultanpur Lodhi, Mukesh Kumar of Samrala. They were duped by the accused to the tune of Rs 76 lakh by promising them multiple returns in the name of organic farming.

Bikramjit was the key accused-cum-owner of the firm. The booked persons were identified as Naveen Bose of Sonepat Haryana, Parvinder Singh of Amloh, Jaspreet Singh Jassi of Samrala, Bikramjit Singh Randhawa of Gahlewal, Samrala, Satwinder Singh Sona of Amloh, Avtar Singh of Samrala, Jatinder Singh Kamal of Mandi Gobindgarh, Amit Khullar of Ferozepur, Harpreet Singh of Samrala, Dalvir Singh of Samrala and Harpal Singh of Mandi Gobindgarh. Avtar, Bikramjit, Amit, Harpreet and Jaspreet have already been arrested by the Khanna police in the earlier three FIRs along with three other accused, namely Dina Dyal Verma, Jatinder Methu and Jagat Singh.

Police officials said the firm lured innocent people by promising them 8 per cent monthly returns on investments — claiming that money invested in the firm would double in 25 months. They deceived investors by saying the firm was engaged in organic products business, including supplying vermicompost and developing organic farming projects. However, they failed to fulfill their promises.

The accused had been investing the cheated money into buying land, which they resold at higher prices, earning threefold profits. A total of 44 bank accounts (21 company plus 23 personal) have been frozen, holding Rs 1.15 crore.