Depositors of chit fund firm Microfinance ltd on Tuesday met CBI officials here and lodged complaints against the company which has duped them of crores of rupees. The depositors, mostly from Ganjam district, welcomed the CBI for cracking whip on the fraud companies by conducting several raids and arresting its operators. They also urged the investigating agency to take action against the Microfinance ltd.
On Monday, a four-member CBI team had raided the residence of Durga Prasad Mishra, former managing director of the Microfinance ltd at Patia in Bhubaneswar. The team entered Mishra’s residence, House No 11 in Aryabhumi Apartments and seized several incriminating documents and inquired about the whereabouts of Mishra, who was not present in the house.
Meanwhile, the CBI on Tuesday quizzed Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA) Deputy Director Ashok Choudhury in connection with the chit fund scam.
This was for the second time Choudhury appeared before the investigation agency. Choudhury on Monday admitted to the media that he was questioned about the MoU signed between the OREDA and the Seashore Group for a solar power project in Balangir district.