Enforcement Directorate conducts major raids in Odisha on chit fund company over Rs 900 cr fraud

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday launched a mega raid in Odisha and 20 other places across the country in connection with an alleged fraud to the tune of Rs 900 crore by a chit fund company.

As per initial reports, the raids are being conducted at 10 places in Odisha including Ganjam and Bhubaneswar. Apart from this, raids are also underway on the properties linked to Golden Land Developers Limited which is a Delhi-based company.

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The Company was registered in 2008 and Cuttack ADM had earlier auctioned some land of the chit-fund company in Ganjam and other parts of the state in June 2016. The bidders had participated in an auction for 2 acres and 101 decimals of land at Chhatrapur and 83 decimals at Tikiti.

Sources said the Delhi-based firm was booked in six cases for cheating depositors to the tune of several crores in 2013.

Today, the officials of the ED are carrying out raids on the houses of the Company’s Director, manager and other officials in Odisha. Only after a proper investigation, it can be ascertained what has been found by the investigating agency.