Tripura refers 74 chit fund scam cases to CBI: CM
In keeping with its poll promise, the BJP-IPFT government in Tripura has referred 74 cases on chit fund scams, running into hundreds of crores, to the CBI, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb today said.
The 74 cases, till now being investigated by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), have been referred to the Central probe agency, the chief minister told reporters here.
"The investigative agency has already agreed to investigate 11 cases. We hope they will take up all of them," Deb said.
The chief minister said, "It was our poll pledge that proper investigation of chit fund related cases would be done through the CBI.... Our Cabinet has decided to refer the cases to them."
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