The Special CBI Court here on Monday allowed the CBI to take another Astha Chit Fund company director, Chandrasen Sivaji Chouhan, on remand till February 22.
The Bhubaneswar wing of the Central investigating agency, probing the chit fund scams, had brought Chouhan to the city from the Surat jail amid tight security and produced him before the Special CBI Court.
Chouhan was arrested by the Surat police in connection with the chit fund scam there.
In September last, the special court on chit fund had ordered attachment of properties of the Astha International. According to the court’s order, movable and immovable properties worth Rs7 crore were confiscated.
The properties included a building in Bhubaneswar, land worth Rs43 crore in Odisha and West Bengal and cash in different bank accounts and a Mercedes car.