Memorandum
submitted to Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, New Delhi seeking early completion of investigation into Chit
Fund Scam and Black Rose Ship issue at Paradeep Port, Odisha
New Delhi: 13.12.18, Member of Civil Society
Groups and Social Activists presented memorandum to Director, CBI seeking early
early completion of investigation into Chit Fund Scam and Black Rose Ship issue
at Paradeep Port, Odisha. A team of Officials came to demonstration spot,
discussed with the Activists and received the memorandum.
This
demonstration was part of anti-corruption campaign of RTI Activists in Odisha.
From 26th to 30th Nov. 2018, they had organized relay
hunger strike in front of CBI office, Bhubaneswar on above mentioned issues and
submitted memorandum to SP, CBI appraising
long pending of CBI inquiry
into Chit fund scam and black
rose issue. Today Demonstration with participation of large number of activists
conducted demonstration putting pressure on CBI for completion of inquiry.
It deserves to be mentioned here that in 2014, while disposing WRIT PETITON (CIVIL)
NO.413 OF 2013, the hon’ble Supreme Court had directed CBI to investigate into
multi-crore Chit Fund Scam in Odisha. In the beginning, CBI successfully
conducted investigation and arrested number of powerful people including owner
of Chit Fund companies like Seashore, Artha Tatwa and MPs and MLAs of Biju Janata Dal, ruling
party in the state, former advocate
general, advocates and interrogated many more
including few IAS and IPS officers. The people of Odisha were
overwhelmed and wholeheartedly supported CBI against counter-strategy designed
by ruling party to defame CBI inquiry. But astonishingly, the CBI inquiry
turned sluggish after CBI officials questioned Saroj Sahu, who is employee in
the office of Chief Minister’s residence in Nov. 2014. Since then, CBI inquiry has taken ugly turn
and came to grinding halt. The
duped depositors of Odisha
has expressed their unhappiness and
concern over ominous silence of
CBI into chit fund scam for years together.
From 2015 to 2017, the Civil Society Groups of Odisha have organized
series of demonstration before CBI office demanding to expedite investigation into this scam and
give justice to the people of Odisha.
The
recent internecine war in the CBI around decision of Director of CBI to arrest
Rakesh Asthana, Special Director involved in corruption has not only damaged
credibility of CBI but also exposed corrupt practice and their unholy alliance
with corrupt people. It is also alleged that Mr. Asthana who was in charge of
CBI investigation into Chit fund scam of Odisha has come under scanner due to
his association with bribe-givers. The
silence of CBI investigation of last two to three years in Odisha has attributed possible unholy nexus of Mr. Asthana and other CBI officials
with Chit fund culprits and BJD politicians , bureaucrats and IPs officers who were all involved in chit fund scam. Dr. Damodar Rout, former Minister of Biju
Janata Dal has publicly alleged that there was 100 crores deal of
State Govt. with CBI officers to
suppress the scam. Mr. Asthana has
helped a few IPS officers from Odisha
to face interrogation late in the
night at the CBI’s regional office to avoid media expose. There is also wild
allegation that Sri Nageswar Rao,
present in –charge of Director of CBI is also hand in glove with corrupt
leaders of ruling party in Odisha and he is also a corrupt police office and
involved in many scams in police department in our state.
Few
Months back, Sri Dharmenda Pradhan, Central Minister has declared about Central
Govt. handing over investigation into Blackrose Ship issue to CBI. But it has come to our notice
that CBI has not yet started the investigation due to their close proximity with corrupt
Chief Minister of Odisha. The Activists
who led demnstartion were Pradip
Pradhan, Jitendra Sahu, Ranjulata Mohapatra, Naba Kishor Das, Prakash Jena,
Nagendra Jena .
Massive
campaign for inquiry into all the scams engineered by Nabin Patnaik will be
organized in Odisha in the coming days.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date-13.12.18
