The much hyped CBI probe into the Odisha chit fund scam appears to be beating around the bush.
Firstly, the CBI team inquiring into the chit fund scam in Odisha appears stuck with some of the fringe and minor players. Even while probing the financial fraud by the Artha Tatwa (AT) Group, the Central investigating agency has stopped short of rounding up ruling party politicians though it has subjected some of them to several rounds of interrogation. Not a single official of the state government has been quizzed so far.
Significantly, the CBI which claims to have hard evidence of BJD MLA Pravat Tripathy’s links with the AT Group , has not only not arrested him even after the Odisha High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea, but has also not shown any interest in pursuing the matter any further.