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Odisha chit fund scam: Charge sheet filed against three employees of Zodiac Foundation by CBI

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Bhubaneswar, July 3: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing into the multi-thousand crore chit fund scam operated in the Odisha, has submitted charge sheet against three employees of the Zodiac Foundation, a ponzi firm, in the special CBI court here on June 30, sources in the CBI revealed today. CBI head office in Bhubaneswar photo courtesy- pragativadi.com   The 17-page charge sheet, framed against Dandapani Sethi, Gagan Bihari Behera and Subash Chandra Mahanta of the Zodiac Foundation, was submitted in the court by the investigating officer of CBI SIT BN Samal and senior public prosecutor of CBI KC Mishra. The CBI had arrested Dandapani Sethi from Phulbani for his alleged involvement in the chit fund scam on May 8. The charge sheet has revealed that Dandapani Sethi, an employee of Zodiac Foundation, was working in the company’s head office in Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district and had allegedly collected Rs 1,07,64,960 from the investors

Odisha chit fund scam: CBI court rejects bail petition of former BJD MLA Subarna Naik

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Bhubaneswar, July 3: The special CBI court here, in its ruling, rejected the bail plea of former BJD MLA from Keonjhar Subarna Naik on Thursday evening following a hearing on the bail petition on June 27. Former BJD MLA Subarna Naik Naik was arrested by the CBI on November 4 last year on charges of criminal conspiracy in the multi-crore chit fund scam in the state. He was one of the directors of Nabadiganta Capital Services, a chit fund company which has been accused of duping thousands of investors in the state. The court rejected the bail plea of Naik after a preliminary chargesheet was filed against him and five others by the CBI. On the other hand Khurda SDJM court had also rejected the bail plea of Congress leader and businessman Dillip Mohanty, who was earlier arrested by the CBI for his alleged links with chit fund company Artha Tatwa (AT) Group. According to CBI sources, Dillip had played the role of mediator in order to sell a land a