Panchkula, June 10 -- A local court has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of a Haryana agriculture department employee and national-level decathlete in an alleged Rs.3.5 crore cheating, impersonation, and extortion case.

The case was registered at the Sector 20 police station on May 27 under Sections 318(4), 319, 61, and 308 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). According to the prosecution, Mohit Saini, 30, of Karnal, and his associates allegedly induced the complainant to part with large sums of money by assuring them that pending dues of about Rs.2.5 crore from the Haryana Olympic Association would be released.

The complainant, director of Shiv Naresh Sports Private Limited, stated that his company had supplied sports unifo...