The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday grilled Baleswar BJD MP Rabindra Kumar Jena for around seven hours in connection with the multi-crore Seashore chit fund scam.
Though the Central investigating agency had summoned Jena to appear before it on November 15 in connection with a business deal with the Seashore Group, he could not appear as he was in New Delhi to attend Parliament session and, instead, sent his representative to the agency.
Talking to the media after the marathon interrogation, Jena said, “I have provided all information sought by the CBI.”
“The investigating agency asked me about the financial transactions with the chit fund firm. In reply to a question, I said the company has taken some money from us and has returned some amount,” informed Jena.
Jena appeared before the CBI for the second time in connection with his alleged complicity with the Seashore chit fund scam.
Earlier on January 13, 2015, Jena, who is a prominent entrepreneur of Baleswar, had appeared before the CBI in connection with his business links with the Seashore Group of Companies. Sources said he had given a loan of `18 crore to the group, which is under investigation by the CBI.
Jena is the second MP who is under the CBI scanner in connection with his links with a chit fund company after Mayurbhanj BJD MP Ram Chandra Hansda. Hansda was arrested by the CBI on November 4, 2014, for his alleged links with ponzi firm Nabadiganta Capital Services Pvt ltd.