The CBI on Thursday registered a fresh case against a Bhubaneswar-based ponzi company in connection with its probe into the multi-thousand crore chit fund scam in the State. The CBI registered the case of cheating against Nabadiganta Capital Service limited, one of the 44 companies the Supreme Court has directed the agency to probe in the scam, according to sources.
The sources said the CBI has named five of the company’s directors Anjan Kumar Baliarsingh, Kartikeya Parida, Pradeep Kumar Patnaik, Bijay Baral and Hemant Sahu in the FIR against the company.On May 9, the Supreme Court had directed the CBI to probe the chit fund scam in West Bengal, Odisha and Assam involving several companies. While the CBI has registered three FIRs in West Bengal, it has registered over 40 FIRs in Odisha.