Agartala, Jan 15 (IANS) An executive of a chit fund has been arrested in Tripura by the CBI for allegedly collecting deposits of more than Rs.10 crore, an official said here Thursday.
This is the first arrest in the state by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the multi-crore rupee chit fund scam.
"The CBI Wednesday arrested Subhendu Deb Choudhury, director of Cosmic Negotiator Limited (CNL) and the agency officials have been interrogating him at the west Agartala police station," said an official of the Tripura government.
He said: "The CNL started its operations in Tripura 2005 and collected deposits of over Rs.10 crore before closing down their offices in 2010."
The official said the CBI has been looking for company chief Sanjit Chakraborty, who has been absconding.
Both Choudhury and Chakraborty are residents of Hailakandi in Assam. The CNL's head office is in Shillong and registered office in Kolkata.
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