2nd FIR lodged against Shergill couple

The private company – International Customer Related Management Service (ICRMS) – the shareholdings of which have been allegedly transferred by the couple,is the same company through which the couple had allegedly committed fraud in 2012 and were subsequently arrested by the UT police in July,2013. The couple are currently confined to Model Jail,Burail.

Sukhbir Singh Shergill and his wife Gurbir Kaur Shergill,were arrested by the Economic Offences Wing on July 17 from Bathinda. The couple were accused of cheating a Delhi-based businessman Raman Uppal in 2012 of Rs 130 crore,by misusing the funds of the company ICRMS,which was jointly funded and promoted by Uppal along with Shergill.

In the previous FIR dated April 19,2012,Uppal had stated that in 2000-2001,he had met Shergill as he wanted to expand his business. Thereafter,he along with Shergill and one Jatinder Singh Dua,purchased a plot in Phase VII of Mohali. Uppal later wanted to purchase another building situated in Phase VIII of the Industrial Area,Mohali and hence,decided to jointly fund and promote a private limited company under the name of ICRMS.

Uppal had handed over the paper work to Shergill and the company was eventually incorporated for purchasing the said plot. It was alleged that Shergill,in connivance with his family,introduced his brother-in-law as its director and that the funds were allegedly misused by the accused.

In the new FIR,apart from the couple,Uppal has accused six more persons,out of which one is a relative of Shergill and the five others are private players.

According to Uppal,on July 15,two days before the arrest of the couple,the shareholdings of ICRMS were illegally transferred by removing the four then directors of the company — Jatinder Singh Dua,Sagar Singh Dua,Madan Singh and Haarshvinderpal Singh — and appointing two new directors — Narinder Singh and Rajdeep Singh. Jatinder Singh Dua and Sagar Singh Dua were also accused in the previous FIR and are absconding.

A case under eight different sections of the IPC has been registered against the accused at Sector 3 police station. When contacted,Ram Chander Meena,DSP (EOW) said,“We will receive the details of the case tomorrow from Sector 3 police station.”