Chandigarh, May 5 -- The Chandigarh Police have registered a case against the management of FIITJEE centre in Sector 35 that shut down operations earlier this year, leaving over 200 students in the lurch midway amid preparation for competitive exams.

Students and their parents allege that Rs.1.5 crore to Rs.2 crore of advance fees submitted for long-term coaching programmes is stuck following the abrupt closure of the centre.

The FIR, registered under Sections 316 (2) (criminal breach of trust), 318 (4) (cheating) and 61 (2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), names three senior functionaries of the institute - DK Goyal (chairman), Manish Anand (chief operating officer) and Rajiv Babar.

The primary complaint was...