Faridkot: Faridkot Aam Aadmi Party MP Sadhu Singh has been cheated by his former personal assistant Gursewak Singh, who withdrew Rs 33 lakh from his salary account. The police registered a complaint against Gursewak Singh on Monday. Sadhu Singh said that for the past three years, Gursewak had been working for him and handled all his work. 

“When I was suffering from an illness, I gave him access to my bank account and taking advantage of it, he withdrew money from the account.” He claimed that the accused also bought several expensive items through online shopping. “I got suspicious later when I checked the balance in my account and found no money.” 

“I get a monthly salary of around Rs 1 lakh, including other allowances, from the Parliament. But I rarely withdraw money from my salary account as I survive on my pension, so I rarely check my salary account. The accused was aware of this fact’’ said Sadhu Singh. He also told that Gursewak stopped working for him in April 2017. 

“We asked him several times to return our money, but he has been making excuses for the past six months and refused to give the money back. That’s why I decided to lodge a police complaint against him.” The accused was booked under Sections 420 (cheating) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). 

Faridkot SSP Nanak Singh said, “We registered a case against the accused after an inquiry by the economic offenses wing of the Faridkot police. We are conducting raids to arrest the accused and he will be nabbed shortly.”