The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday submitted charge-sheet against the Seashore Group of Companies in connection with the multi-hundred crore chit fund scam that involves financial irregularities to tune of Rs 578 crore.
Prasant Dash, chief of Seashore, one of the largest chit-fund companies, has been named in the charge-sheet.
Along with Dash, name of Subhankar Nayak, a political conduit, has also been named in the 276-page document. Names of total 456 persons were mentioned as witnesses. Charge-sheet does not elaborate the roles played by several top Biju Janata Dal leaders including two sitting MPS and an MLA who were questioned by the Central investigating agency.
