Cuttack: Justice MM Das Commission, probing the multi-crore chit fund scam in the state, has written to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch seeking addresses of 130 dubious firms.
Sources said identification of investors at district-level is going on in full swing following direction of the state government. The government has directed the all the district Collectors to expedite the identification process. On the other hand, the probe panel is contemplating as to how the deposits of the investors would be returned.
After completion of fourth phase of verification of affidavits, the commission is currently carrying out its fifth phase verification during which the panel has identified depositors of 487 dubious firms and has issued notices to 347 of them asking them to present their stance on the small depositors. However, the commission could not trace the remaining 130 firms and wrote to the EOW to provide addresses of the firms.
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