CBI arrests Director of ponzi company in Bengal

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a Director of a West Bengal-based ponzi company in connection with its probe into a corruption case for swindling Rs 3 crore of the investors, officials said on Wednesday.

A CBI official said here that it has arrested Ananda Chanda, Director of Amanat Group of Companies based in West Bengal, in an on-going investigation of a case.

According to the CBI, the agency has registered a case against the accused and others. It was alleged that the accused in pursuance of a conspiracy with other Directors of the private company had illegally collected Rs 3 crore from the investors under various fraudulent schemes on assurance of paying high returns on such investments on maturity.

The arrested accused was produced before the Court of ACJM, Bidhannagar in West Bengal and was remanded to two days police custody.IANS