A day before SC hearing on chit fund scam, Orissa pledges logistical support to CBI, ED team
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A day before the Supreme Court hears the prayers of senior advocate Shyam Divan, the Amicus Curiae in the multi crore chit fund scam, seeking court monitoring of the probe, the Orissa government on Thursday asked the director general of police to provide all necessary logistical support and documents to CBI’s local office and ED’s sub-zonal office in Bhubaneswar.
On November 5, Divan had filed a a 10-page application before the SC Bench headed Justice T S Thakur & Justice R Vanumati, complaining that the Orissa government was not at all cooperating in the court directed CBI and ED investigation and wanted the apex court to monitor the tardy probe. In his prayer, Divan had stated that Orissa giving any document to Enforcement Directorate even after several reminders from the agency as well as a letter from from vice chairman of SIT on black money, Justice Arjit Pasayat. Divan also mentioned that the CBI SIT on chit fund in Bhubaneswar is facing acute shortage of manpower and was finding it difficult to probe all the 44 chit fund companies.