The CBI on Thursday filed a preliminary chargesheet against Mayurbhanj BJD MP Ramachandra Hansdah among six functionaries of chit fund company Nabadiganta Capital Services accusing them of cheating investors to the tune of Rs 8.39 crore. Sources said the CBI has included names of Hansdah, former BJP MlA Hitesh Bagarti and former BJD MlA Subarna Naik in the 150-page chargesheet for their involvement in the scam. It also named company CMD Anjan Baliarsingh and two directors, Pradeep Patnaik and Kartik Parida, in the chargesheet.
The CBI Special Court has taken cognisance of the chargesheet in which the agency has slapped the charges of cheating, and provisions of Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act against the accused. The CBI had raided Hansdah's house at Baripada on July 31, 2014 and seized cash of Rs 28 lakh. The MP was arrested by the CBI on November 5 last.