Acting on numerous complaints lodged by depositors, the police on Saturday detained AT Group Jagatsinghpur branch head Akhil Kumar lenka, a resident of Murunia village. lenka is accused of duping the depositors of about Rs 25 crore.
However the local kingpin of the AT Group, Prashant Swain, hailing from Radhanga village, six km from here, who had been instrumental in opening the company's branches in several pockets of Jagatsinghpur district, is still at large after the group's chit fund scam came to the fore in the State.
Hundreds of AT depositors from Jagatsinghpur, Paradip and Kujang had approached the district Superintendent of Police seeking his help for return of their money. The police referred the matter to the Crime Branch's Economic Offences Wing and sealed the AT Group office and seized documents at the district headquarters. During interrogation, lenka admitted that four acres land has been purchased by the company by utilising the depositors' money at Singharapur village.