India, March 11 -- A fresh first information report (FIR) has been registered against eight people including a former private secretary of Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on charges of cheating a Delhi-based businessman.

Prakash Chand Upadhyay, a former aide to the chief minister, faces multiple FIRs over accusations that he persuaded businessmen to pay him lakhs of rupees for getting Uttarakhand government contracts and didn't deliver on his promises.

The latest FIR was registered at Kotwali police station in Dehradun on March 9 against Upadhyay on a complaint by Manik Khullar, a resident of Jor Bagh in Delhi. The FIR was registered under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing del...