An FIR was lodged at the Gosainnuagaon police station in Ganjam district on Wednesday against arrested Oscar chit fund company CMD Prabhas Rout’s son Priya Rout and five others for making threat calls to some Maharashtra-based investors.
Members of the Brahmapur-based Pramila Devi Mahila Sangh and some duped investors from Maharashtra lodged the FIR seeking immediate police action against the culprits and protection of the threatened persons.
According to Sangh president Pramila Tripathy, some miscreants had been threatening investors, who took her help for justice not to further raise their voice against the Oscar chit fund company, from two mobile numbers, 9078302675 and 8984629582.
Tripathy said the callers warned the investors of dire consequences if they raise their voice against the Oscar group.
Meanwhile, a team of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch, which is currently in Surat in Gujarat for probe, visited various branch offices of the Oscar company and collected crucial documents.
The company had seven offices there. Besides, the company chief has five residential houses and seven plots in Surat.