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Bhubaneswar, Jan 9: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Orissa police Friday arrested the director of a chit fund company camouflaged under a real estate firm. DIG CB Sanjay Kumar told Orissa Post Braja Sundar Mishra was operating a ponzi firm, India Land Assets limited in IRC village here. “Mishra was running many sister outfits under Land India Assets and these companies were luring investors to deposit money in various schemes,” he said. Kumar added, “Mishra collected around Rs 8 to 10 crore from depositors in Bhubaneswar, Polasara and other places of Ganjam district between 2011 and 2013. He promised to provide 3 per cent interest on the deposits within 55 days and double the deposit amount in two years.” Mishra had told the investors that they could get a plot of land if they do not require interest. “Recently the investors complained that Mishra was not returning their money. On enquiry, we found Mishra was running a ponzi firm and that he had shut the office in July, 2013. We nabbed him and the EOW registered a case in this connection January 5, 2015,” Kumar said.
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