AMN /AGARATALA
The BJP-IPFT government in Tripura has referred 74 cases on chit fund scams, running into hundreds of crores, to the CBI.
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb told reporters today in Agartala, that the 74 cases, till now being investigated by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), have been referred to the Central probe agency. The investigative agency has already agreed to investigate 11 cases. We hope they will take up all of them, he said.
Nearly Rs 147 crore was lost in the chit fund scam in these 11 cases and the quantum of public deposit would be clear after investigation begins in all the cases, he said.
The Chief Minister said the erstwhile Left Front government had paved the way for exploitation of people through chit funds.