New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested the director of Pearls Group ‘Harchand Singh Gill’ in connection with the alleged role of his company in a multi-crore ponzi scam, said an official.

Harchand Singh Gill was deported from Fiji on Monday late at night under ‘Operation Trishool’ initiated by the CBI to bring back fugitives from foreign countries.

According to the Central Bureau of Investigation around 30 fugitives have been brought back to India successfully since the launch of ‘Operation Trishool’.

The main aim of the ‘operation’ is to track Indian fugitives and with the help of Interpol bring them back. 

CBI started an investigation against Pearls Group and its founder in February 2014 in an alleged Rs 60000 crore scam.

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