In the ongoing probe into the multi-crore chit fund scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has served notices to two bureaucrats in connection with the Seashore case.
The notices have been served to IAS officers Parag Gupta and Sangram Kesari Ray asking them to appear before the CBI on Monday (July 2).
Notably, Gupta was the Secretary of Tourism Department and Ray was working as the General Manager of the Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) during the period when the chit fund firm duped lakhs of investors alluring them of high returns through a tourism-related project.
While Odisha-cadre IAS officer Parag Gupta is currently serving as Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Ray has been retired from the service.
According to reports, as the two officers are not presently working in the Tourism Department, the notices reached the General Administration (GA) Department.
The GA Department, in its turn, sent the notices to the two officers.