Bhubaneswar: The former Odisha Advocate General Ashok Mohanty has been arrested in connection with the Rs 20,000 chit fund scam. Mohanty was first interrogated by the CBI on September 13. He had stepped down from office after the CBI had summoned him in the case earlier this year.
According to sources, he bought a luxurious house in Cuttack at minimum prices from a prime accused in the scam. Sources in the CBI said that he was unable to furnish the documents to prove his claim that he had actually bought the house and it was not gifted by the scam accused.
Names of several BJD leaders including those linked to Odisha Chief Minister have come under the scanner in the chit fund scam that duped over one million people in the state.
Fingers are also being pointed towards Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for allegedly not just protecting the scamsters but promoting them in their illegal business.
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