The Commissionerate Police, which are probing the Artha Tatwa (AT) Group fraud case, located 234 acres of land owned by the company in six districts of the State, police sources said.
The investigating team found 353 plots spread over six districts of the State. Out of the total land, the company has 118 acres of land in Khurda district, 100 acres in Ganjam district and rest of the lands situated in Angul, Puri, Bhadrak and Baleswar districts. Bhubaneswar DCP Nitinjit Singh said the approximate worth of the land would be Rs 130 crore. “We are trying to unearth all the illegal assets of the company to help the investors get justice. We have located lands, plots, duplexes and apartments from different locations of the State,” said Singh, adding, “If we get appropriate directions for liquidation of all the assets of the company, we’ll do it and help the investors get their money back.”
Meanwhile, the investigating team would interrogate 22 persons in connection with the The interrogation process would continue for two days at the Kharvela Nagar police station. The team would ask about their connections with the company and CMD Pradeep Sethi.
On Monday, the Khurda Town police took AT Group CMD Sethi, who had been sent to the Jharpada jail, on a two-day remand in connection with the case against him. The company has cheated the investors of around Rs 10 crore through its Khurda branch office alone, the police said.