• Assam Chit Fund Case: CBI files 2nd supplementary charge sheet against MD of Jeevan Suraksha Group of Companies and 3 others

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    Assam Chit Fund Case: CBI files 2nd supplementary charge sheet against MD of Jeevan Suraksha Group of Companies and 3 others
    At the Assam government's request, the CBI opened the case in 2016 and took over the investigation from the Assam Police.

    Digital Desk: The then-Managing Director and three then-Directors of a private Group of Companies were the targets of the second supplementary charge sheet that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed on Friday in a case involving a chit fund fraud case before the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (M), Guwahati.

    Chandan Das, the group's managing director of Jeevan Suraksha Group of Companies, and its three directors, Arju Acharjee, Ashok Chakraborty, and Uttam Acharjee, were named in the second additional charge sheet. 

    The Assam government had requested that the CBI register the case, and the CBI did so in 2016. The CBI then took over the investigation from the Assam Police. A charge sheet in the case has also been provided by the Assam Police.

    Further research revealed that the defendants had founded the corporation and served as its directors while conspiring with one another and intending to defraud.

    The accused violated the Companies Act and SEBI (CIS) Regulations by soliciting substantial deposits from large investors in the Barpeta district of Assam under the guise of booking hotel rooms.

    To the tune of Rs 23,87,76,140, the accused misused the investors' money for their own purposes. In the current case, the CBI has filed the first supplemental charge sheet in 2018 against four accused, comprising three accused firms and Directors.