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JALANDHAR, Jan 4: Hundreds of investors in Jalandhar who had deposited crores of rupees with a financier in the city in the hope of high dividends are in a quandary after the recovery of the body of the chief accused in the defrauding case, Ashok Chopra recently.
Chopra was found dead in a hotel room at Sri Ganganangar in Rajasthan on the night of December 30.
He was on the run after his firm, Messers Ekta Movies firm went bust in November leaving hundreds of investors high and dry. Four of his close relatives including his wife and son and two brothers-in-law were arrested by the police on November 15 while Chopra had been absconding ever since.
The police have already registered 16 separate cases of fraud against Chopra and his family members in various police stations on the complaints of the duped investors.
The investigations in the cases are still on.
SP (Headquarters) A.S. Asthana said that the post mortem done on the body of Chopra had failed to establish the cause of the death.
His viscera has been sent for chemical tests to ascertain the cause of the death, he said.
Asthana said the police was investigating the other accused in various cases. However, the police has yet to put up any challans in the court in any of the cases.
