The Khordha District Judge court on Monday deferred the hearing on a fresh bail plea moved by Manoj Dash, owner of a local television channel and an accused in the chit fund scam, to September 24.
Dash and Odia newspaper Odisha proprietor Madhu Mohanty have been arrested by the CBI for their suspected links with the Artha Tatwa (AT) Group.
Dash had allegedly taken Rs 90 lakh from AT Group CMD Pradip Sethy for leasing out bandwidth for operating six television channels in the teleports owned by him.
Meanwhile, the anticipatory bail application of Banki BJD MlA Pravat Tripathy in connection with his alleged link with the AT Group was listed in the Odisha High Court on Monday. The hearing on the bail plea is expected any coming day.