Intensifying its probe into the chit fund scam by the Astha International, the CBI on Tuesday interrogated Chandrasekhar lenka, brother of arrested Subhransu lenka, the chief of the money collection company.
The Special CBI Court here on February 15 had allowed the CBI to take Chandrasen Shivaji Chouhan, another director of Astha International, on remand.
Chandrasekhar appeared before CBI officials after being summoned by the Central investigating agency. The Central investigating agency is interrogating Chandrasekhar on the financial transactions of the company.
Subhransu was Surat-based Astha International’s chief managing director (CMD). He was arrested by the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch on June 8, 2013 on the charge of duping investors in the State of `200 crore.
The company had opened two offices in Bhubaneswar and Brahmapur in 2010. The company had come out with a public notice on June 5, 2012 stating that it had been incurring losses and would cease to function. The Astha International had spread its operations to West Bengal apart from running real estate schemes in Odisha.