New Delhi, Feb 8 (Representative) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against 13 people, including the MD and Director of a private company in a chit fund related case, involving Rs 238 crore. The charge sheet was filed in the Special Judicial Magistrate Court in Guwahati, Assam against 13 people, said a CBI spokesperson.
CBI had registered a case following the orders of the Supreme Court and took over the investigation of the case related to Chit Fund. Earlier, the case was registered by Assam Police against a private group of companies and others, including the Managing Directors, General Manager, Manager and private companies based at Guwahati or having Head Office at Kolkata. The accused had allegedly amassed huge amounts of cash from the public illegally through various agents under the cover schemes claimed to be for product booking and collected a big sum with an assurance to pay back with lucrative interest without any guarantor and without permission of RBI/SEBI. None of the customers had received any product against the money and the scheme was allegedly planned to cheat the public of Rs 238 crore.