Enforcement Directorate attaches Saradha Group assets worth Rs 6.30 crore

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Directorate Enforcement attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 6.30 crore of the Saradha Group of Companies that duped the public in Assam of crores of rupees in the name chit fund. The seized assets include that of former minister Late Anjan Dutta-owned M/s Anubhuti Printers and Publications, Nalini Chidambaram, Debabrata Sarkar, Devendranath Biswas and others.

Directorate of Enforcement, Kolkata, attached movable assets worth Rs 3.30 crore and immovable assets with a value of over Rs 3 crore in its ongoing investigation into the matter of Saradha Group of Companies under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The Saradha Group and others, who were beneficiaries of Proceeds of Crime generated by the Saradha Group of Companies, owned the properties. The beneficiaries include Nalini Chidambaram, Debabrata Sarkar, Debendranath Biswas and M/s Anubhuti Printers and Publications, owned by Late Shri Anjan Dutta.

Saradha Group ran a chit-fund scam with operations spread over West Bengal, Assam and Orissa till 2013. The total money mobilized by this group is about Rs 2459 crore. Out of this, nearly Rs 1983 crore remains unpaid to the depositors, excluding the interest amount.

ED had registered the case against Saradha Group of Companies in 2013 based on FIRs by Kolkata Police and the CBI. In the past, before the issue of this attachment order, ED Kolkata had issued eight Provisional Attachment Orders attaching assets/ properties (value of more than Rs 600 crore).

The investigation is in progress.

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