Bhubaneswar: CBI on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against three senior officials of Green India Private Limited, one of the 44 ponzi companies allegedly involved in the multi-crore chitfund scam in Odisha.
The 188-page charge sheet, the first one against Green India, was filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhubaneswar, designated as the CBI court, by investigating officer of the case SK Samal and CBI counsel KC Mishra.
Green India CEO Pradeep Singh, directors Sunil Panda and Jitendra Mishra have been charged under Sections 420 (cheating), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 409 (criminal breach of trust) of IPC and Money Circulation Schemes (PCMCS) (Banning) Act, 1978.
According to the charge sheet, the three accused duped investors of about Rs 30 crore through the firm's four subsidiaries -- Green India Properties Pvt Ltd, Green India Infra Projects Pvt Ltd, Green India Retail Pvt Ltd and Green India Multi-state Cooperative Pvt Ltd.
