CBI Files Five more Charge sheets in Five Separate cases against eighteen accused before the Special CBI Court Guwahati in Govt. of Assam referred Unregulated Deposit Scam Cases
New Delhi : 16:12:2024
Continuing with impetus given to investigation of various Assam Ponzi Scam cases, CBI has filed five more chargesheets in five separate cases against 18 accused including 16 private persons and two organizations namely M/s Upepithets Holdings Pvt. Ltd (UHPL) and Brahmaputra Sanchay & Biniyog Cooperative Society Ltd (BSBCSL). These cases are being investigated by CBI Guwahati. These are apart from 4 (four) chargesheets filed by CBI Delhi which too is investigating the Assam Ponzi Investment Scam cases.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed charge sheet against three accused including two private persons and a private company namely Hemen Rava, Director, Sankar Saha, Manager and M/s Upepithets Holdings Pvt. Ltd. before the Special CBI Court Guwahati, in case RC 16E/2024 re-registered by CBI Guwahati on 22.10.2024, marking a crucial step in the ongoing investigation into a large-scale financial fraud, within the 90 days period of the arrest of the accused persons. This is one of the Assam Investment Scam cases which are being investigated by CBI on the request of Government of Assam. The instant case was earlier registered by PS -Tezpur, Assam under FIR No. 533/2024 dated 04.09.2024 against Hemen Rava on allegations that Hemen Rava was engaged in a financial scam in contravention of RBI/SEBI guidelines. It was alleged that he induced general public to enter notarized loan agreements with promises of high returns on investments. He allegedly misappropriated the funds for his personal gains, thereby defrauding his clients, the general public, who fell prey to his scheme.
The investigation, conducted by the CBI has unearthed substantial material evidence against the two accused persons and M/s Upepithets Holdings Pvt. Ltd. Investigation has established that the accused were involved in orchestrating an illegal deposit scheme that solicited funds from investors under false pretence. They used deceptive means, including notarized stamp papers, to lure investors with the promise of guaranteed monthly returns of 6% and above. They cheated the investors and misappropriated the deposits for their personal gains.
Another Charge Sheet was filed against five accused including four private persons and a Cooperative Society namely Jiten Deka, the then Chairman, Indrani Das, Branch Manager, Azara Branch, Sanjib Deka, Secretary, Himangshu Talukdar, Chairman & Brahmaputra Sanchay & Biniyog Cooperative Society Ltd before the Special CBI Court, Guwahati, in Case No. RC 5E/2024 re-registered by CBI Guwahati on 20.10.2024. This case was originally registered in PS Azara, Guwahati vide Case No.184/2024 dated 12.09.2024 against Jiten Deka, Indrani Das & others. The case pertains to deposits collected by Brahmaputra Sanchay & Biniyog Cooperative Society under the scheme name “Grihalakshmi”. The investors were allegedly lured with promises of substantial returns such as bonus / interest. Subsequently, the deposits were allegedly misappropriated by the accused persons.
It was revealed during investigation that accused Jiten Deka & other accused persons promoted unregulated deposit scheme of Brahmaputra Sanchay & Biniyog Cooperative Society. They participated in various meetings with agents/potential depositors and solicited deposits by promoting high returns along with agent commissions without any viable business model which allured potential depositors to deposit a large sum of their hard earned money. They made false promise of high return upto 15% annually through the unregulated deposit schemes. Accused Jiten Deka & others solicited agents/investors to the B.S.B.C. Grihalakshmi scheme (unregulated deposit scheme) where agents were offered commission ranging from 4% to 7 % on the deposited amounts.
CBI also filed Charge Sheet against four private persons namely Smt. Mainao Brahma, Shri Dipankar Bhatta, Shri Jyotisman Sarma and Shri Sumit Barman before the Special CBI Court, Guwahati, in RC 7E/2024 re-registered by CBI Guwahati on 20.10.2024. This case was registered after taking over investigation of Mushalpur P.S. (District- Baksa) Case No. 102/2024. Investigation established that the accused persons viz. Smt. Mainao Brahma, Shri Dipankar Bhatta, Shri Jyotisman Sarma and Shri Sumit Barman had entered into conspiracy and in pursuance thereof they were running Unregulated Deposit Scheme with intention to defraud the general public and then diverted/misappropriated the hard earned money of the general public to the bank account of themselves/ their family members/friends for personal use and for purchasing of landed properties, construction of buildings and purchasing vehicles etc. All the accused are in Judicial Custody.
CBI also filed Charge Sheet against two private persons namely Rishiraj Gogoi and Joy Modak before the Special CBI Court, Guwahati, in RC 6E/2024 re-registered by CBI Guwahati on 20.10.2024. This case was re-registered by CBI after taking over investigation of Geetanagar P.S., Guwahati Case No. 174/2024 dated 04.09.2024 The charge sheeted accused persons were involved in running stock trading business in the guise of their Company "Go Millions LLP" formed for selling various cosmetics and other products. They induced general public to invest their money by promising them high returns by violating the guidelines of the SEBI/ RBI and thus cheated the public by misappropriating money. Investigation established that the accused persons Rishiraj Gogoi and Joy Modak had entered into conspiracy and in pursuance thereof, they made an arrangement to collect deposits from general public by way of business through UPI/Bank Account and did not deposit the amount in any Regulated Deposit Scheme. All the accused are in Judicial Custody.
Further, CBI filed Charge Sheet against four private persons namely Sankar Kumar Biswas, Rofiqul Islam, Dinesh Ch. Ray and Niranjan Kumar Malakar before the Special CBI Court, Guwahati, in Case No. RC 18E/2024 re-registered by CBI Guwahati on 22.10.2024 . This case was re-registered by CBI after taking over investigation of P.S Dhubri, District- Dhubri vide Case No.310/2024 dated 03.09.2024. The investigation established that accused persons, namely, Sankar Kumar Biswas, Rafiqul Islam, Dinesh Chandra Roy and Niranjan Kumar Malakar had entered into conspiracy with each other and in pursuance thereof, they made an arrangement to collect deposits through UPI / Cash/cheques from different persons for investments in the name of Titan Capital Market and did not deposit/invest/trade the amount received from the different depositors with any Regulated Deposit Scheme. They cheated the depositors by collecting money from them for investments and did not return the said amount to them.
During the investigation, CBI has successfully traced databases containing details of depositors who were deceived into investing in these unregulated deposit schemes.
Further investigations in various aspects of different cases is continuing.
CBI remains committed to uncovering the full extent of these fraudulent activities and bringing the perpetrators to justice.
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