BJD leader and former Banki MLA Pravat Tripathy appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday in connection with the Artha Tatwa (AT) chit fund scam. The ED had earlier issued a notice in this connection.
Tripathy was arrested on October 31, 2014, by the CBI for his alleged links with the AT Group, involved in the multi-crore chit fund scam. He was charged with criminal conspiracy.
He allegedly received a huge sum from the AT Group.
The Orissa High Court granted him conditional bail in March 2015.
He was suspended from the BJD following his arrest. In 2017, the BJD lifted his suspension