Showing posts with label BJD. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 4 November 2014

CBI arrests BJD MP, 2 ex-MLAs in chit fund scam case

The agency arrested Hansdah, MP from Mayurbhanj in Odisha, along with Subarna Naik--former MLA of BJD and Hitesh Kumar Bagartti--former BJP MLA in connection with the scam.
  
The trio were alleged to be founder directors of Nabadiganta Capital Services which ran the chit fund through which thousands of investors were allegedly duped.
  
CBI sources said the three politicians have been arrested by its Special Investigation Team for alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating and diversion of funds.

The agency had on October 26 arrested the CMD of the ponzi company, Anjan Baliarsing, and directors Pradeep Patnaik and Kartik Parida in connection with a case registered against the company.
  
Nabadiganta Capital Services is one of the 44 companies under the scanner of the investigating agency for its alleged involvement in the multi-crore chit fund scam in Odisha.
  
The politicians had claimed that they had resigned from the firm as directors in 2012, but the resignations were accepted only last year.
  
While the trio had pleaded innocence and alleged that they had been framed by the ponzi company, the Nabadiganta CMD had told reporters, "The leaders are not children who can be framed. I have submitted all evidence to the CBI relating to their involvement in the company affairs."
  
CBI has formed a Special Investigating Team (SIT) headed by Joint Director Rajeev Singh to also probe the role of Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and RBI.'

 


Monday, 24 March 2014

Odisha Assembly polls: BJD denies tickets to seven sitting MLAs

Naveen Patnaik
Mohanty, a prominent non-Congress leader in Balasore district and sitting MLA from Basta Assembly segment which he has represented five times in a row since 1990, has been replaced by Nityananda Pradhan.
   
He had been elected to the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Odisha legislative assembly and was dropped from the ministry by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after he was accused of torture for dowry by his daughter-in-law last year.
   
Mohanty along with his wife was arrested from his hideout in Kolkata and the couple are on bail at present.
   
His daughter-in-law Barsa Sowny Choudhury had lodged an FIR against Mohanty, his wife, son Rajasree, daughter Rupasree and son-in-law Suvendu Madhual last year.
   
The Human Right Protection Cell of Odisha Police had filed charge sheet against all the accused persons.
   
 Besides being minister for law, Mohanty had held charge of industries, steel and mines, parliamentary affairs, MSME, panchayati raj and IT during his long stint.
   
The other sitting MLAs denied BJD tickets are – Sipra Mallick (Kendrapara), Bibhuti Balabantray (Jatni), Bhagirathi Sethi (Anandpur), Subarna Nayak (Keonjhar), Rajendra Das (Dhamnagar) and Premananda Nayak (Telkoi).
   
Simultaneous polls will be held for 21 Lok Sabha and 147 state assembly seats in the state on April 10 and April 17.

 (Agencies)