ahmedabad a group of victims who had invested in two subsidiaries of ponzi firm shams investment have filed a collective complaint of being cheated of rs 127 crore with navrangpura police station on saturday investigators said that it was the fifth complaint against the firm including the one being probed by cid crime police said that mohammad rais mansuri a resident of lal darwaja has filed a complaint against abdul mubin shaikh a resident of jamalpur chakla imran qazi painter a resident of modasa feroz ali najmushani a resident of juhapura and shakun patel a resident of nadiad for cheating him and his friends and relatives for rs 127 crore between october 2010 and august 2012 the first three accused are partners and proprietors of shams investment and its two subsidiaries akshar colour limited and green nest infratech ltd with offices at om complex near swastik crossroads as per mansuris complaint he came to know about the financial schemes launched by shams in october 2010 and went to inquire when the promoters including shaikh showed him brochures of green nest the companys real estate arm said a navrangpura police official mansuri and five others were promised 10 per cent returns every month on the principal amount they were also promised that could win a flat in the real estate project of the company if they took part in the monthly lucky draw mansuri invested rs 2732 lakh whereas ayub shaikh rs 15 lakh hamida bibi rs 8 lakh mohammed farid mansuri rs 10 lakh vimal shah rs 13 lakh and others also put in their savings after getting the monthly amount for three months the payment stopped the investors waited for the money to come and also approached the company officials at that time they were told that the financial market was going through the slump and they would have to be a bit patient some of the investors were even taken to a scheme in gota and were told that they would be given property in lieu of money and thus they need not worry however when the promise was not fulfilled even after a year they decided to file a complaint said p m sarvaiya inspector of navrangpura police station