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Some of its signatories said they’d complained to party officials about Singh’s conduct months before.

A week ago, when their letter was leaked to Postmedia, UCP Leader Jason Kenney said the party would conduct an internal investigation.

He also said such misconduct results from well-attended, hotly contested nomination contests, successes eluding other, less-popular parties.

On Thursday, a Calgary police spokeswoman said they weren’t investigating the allegations because no victim has come forward.

“It needs to be a victim who fills out a report, it can’t be a third party,” said the spokeswoman.

“It puts us in a difficult position — if someone feels a crime has been committed, we’d absolutely investigate, we just need evidence a credit card has been improperly used.”

A woman told Postmedia she was having her car repaired at Singh’s auto shop last July when the candidate solicited her support.

Hours later, the woman said she noticed her credit card had been used to purchase a UCP membership without her consent, with the $10 charge later being reversed.

She said she complained to the party about the incident after receiving a message from the UCP welcoming her to the party.

Singh won the Calgary-East nomination on the first ballot of the Nov. 3 vote.

A UCP spokesman didn’t address Sucha’s letter, but said “the allegations are being taken very seriously by the party and the investigation is ongoing.”

BKaufmann@postmedia.com

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