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Kolkata: CBI arrests chit fund directors

| | Nov 17, 2015, at 02:33 am
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) on Monday arrested two directors of a chit fund company, reports said.

According to reports, two directors of chit fund company Akashdeep Projects Ltd.- Tapas Pramanik and Pinaki Ranjan Chowdhury- were called for interrogation on Monday.

After a long questioning session in CBI's office at CGO Complex in Kolkata's Salt Lake area, both were arrested on the charges of criminal conspiracy and breach of trust.

According to reports, Akashdeep Projects Ltd. collected a huge amount of money from the investors.

The arrested will be produced in the court on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha, Image: IBNS)

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