The CBI on Thursday filed an interim chargesheet against the three accused in the multi-crore Rose Valley chit fund scam in the Special CBI CJM Court here.
The accused who were named in the chargesheet included the two Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs who are currently being treated in hospitals here. Reports said Rose Valley chit fund company chief Goutam Kundu, two TMC MPs, Tapas Pal and Sudeep Bandopadhay were named in the chargesheet for their involvement in defrauding gullible investors of Rs17,000 crore out of which Rs450 crore was collected from Odisha alone.
The trio has been charged under Section 120 (B), 409 and 420 of IPC. In addition charges under Section 4 and 6 of Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act of 1978 have also been brought against the accused. In another related development Vijaya Rout was sentenced to four years jail and deposit Rs12 crore by the Special CBI Court here on the day.