The Special CBI Court here allowed the Central Investigating Agency (CBI), Bhubaneswar to take five arrested officials of Tower Infotech and its sister organisation Asha Agro on a five-day remand.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Kolkata CBI had arrested the five officials, Tarun Barul, Ranjit Santra and Parimal Biswas of Tower Infotech and Ramandu Chhottopadhaya and Asish Chhaterjee of Asha Agro, in Kolkata on March 10.
Suspecting that they have cheated gullible investors in the State too, the Bhubaneswar CBI has sought transit remand of the five at a local court in Kolkata. The CBI had booked all the five persons were booked under Section 420, 120, (B)/34 and under Prize Cheats and Money Circulation Banning Act 1978 in 2014.
Both the companies have duped investors of crores of rupees in West Bengal and Odisha.