chandigarh hearing a petition seeking directions to probe alleged scam of rs 400 crore in which around 15000 people from punjab were cheated the punjab and haryana high court on friday issued notice to the state government the enforcement directorate and director of income tax department ludhiana the matter has reached before the hc in the wake of a petition filed by bakshinder singh 52 a resident of amritsar and 15 others the petitioners have sought directions to constitute a special investigation team sit comprising officers of the it department union ministry of corporate affairs ed and punjab revenue department the plea alleged that amritsar police wanted to hush up the matter due to involvement of influential persons in the scamaccording to the petitioners they were victims of cheating and fraud as they had invested their savings running into lakhs of rupees in the seven companies r k investment navrattan gold private limited navrattan real estate private limited gobind future vision limited dara future vision limited dara builders and colonizers private limited were floated by the accused persons who had duped the petitioners and thousands of other investors under the garb of chain memberships fixed deposits and recurring deposit schemes the petition sayscounsel for the petitioners mohinder kumar submitted that initially one complaint was given by kaidar nath to the police and during inquiry other investors including the main petitioner had joined as the complainants thereafter an fir number 0139 was registered on july 10 2016 for forgery cheating and criminal conspiracy and various other sections of the ipc at chheharta police station in amritsarthe case was registered against ramesh kumar his wife neelam their son jeewan daughterinlaw harsh kumari and one sukhwinder singh alias happy for committing cheating and fraud with the publicit was also alleged in the petition that amarbir singh sandhu a senior leader of shiromani akali dal the then ruling party in punjab was the kingpin of the scam and he floated various companies to cheat the investors but police had not taken any action the case would now come up for hearing on august 9