CBI lodges FIR against 2 companies

September 28, 2014 03:23 am | Updated 03:23 am IST - Kolkata

Bringing more companies within the ambit of the ongoing probe relating to companies who have raised money from the market under collective investment schemes, the CBI on Saturday lodged a first information report against MPS Greenery and Akashdeep Projects Ltd .

The charges against the companies involve criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal conspiracy.

“The CBI has registered cases against MPS Greenery and Akashdeep Projects Ltd. Cases have been registered against the managing director and directors of these companies on the allegation of criminal breach of trust, cheating, criminal conspiracy and abetment,” a spokesperson of the central investigating agency said. According to the official, this is the first set of FIRs against companies other than Saradha group in West Bengal and more such FIRs will be registered in future, the official said.

The developments come at a time when MPS Group chairman Pramatha Nath Manna and director Prabir Kumar Chanda have been arrested.

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