Tripura political leaders may come under scanner for involvement in Rose valley, Waris, Sarada scam; Rose valley may spill out beans for State CPIM
TIWN
AGARTALA, January 23 (TIWN): Enforcement Directorate (ED) is apprehending that a scam allegedly involving another chit fund firm, Rose Valley, may turn out to be a bigger scandal than Saradha. And the rose valley chief Goutam Kundu might be all set to reveal the helping hand of the Tripura CPI (M) and other political leaders towards the establishment of the Rose valley here in the state.
It is to be mentioned here that Rose valley chief Goutam Kundu’s custody probably can reveal how the Rose valley here at the state has cheated the common mass holding the helping hand of the CPI (M) and the political leaders of the state. And moving to a flash back ii would be wise enough to mention here that earlier an allegation was raised against the Tripura Govt. in regard of making pathway for an easy escape of the chit fund companies taking money from the common mass of the state. Besides, it is also mentionable here that Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on his visit to one of the inauguration programme of the rose valley had shared a dais with the Rose valley Chief.
Therefore to mention here, the faces behind the mask here in Tripura is all set to be revealed once the Rose Valley Chief Goutam Kundu gets arrested. and this might bring another bad day for the state govt.
On another drive after the state govt. to act against the chit fund companies, the opposition party here in Tripura has recently framed a cell to rescue the deprived depositors and list out the total amount looted by the chit fund companies here at the state.
The ED has estimated that the Rose Valley Group collected Rs. 15,000 crore from investors whereas the Saradha Group is believed to have collected Rs. 2,459 crore. “We have only attached Rs. 300 crore from the 2,631 different bank accounts of Rose Valley group. We have estimated that the group has landed property worth Rs. 1,000 crore approximately. So, the question is where have the rest of the money gone?” said an ED official.
Soon after the collapse of the Saradha Group, hundreds of investors and agents committed suicide and lakhs of investors cheated. As the volume of funds collection by Rose Valley was six times more than the Saradha Group, the numbers of affected persons would be also be higher in the case of Rose valley.
Meanwhile, the ED has frozen 2,631 bank accounts of Rose Valley and the process of attaching landed property has also began. The Rose Valley Group is yet to furnish details of their other investments to the ED.
“As the maturity period of many investors is nearing, a huge amount has to be paid to investors in the next two months. In that case, the group cannot take out the money from the attached bank accounts or sell attached properties. Now, the Rose Valley Group has to come out with details of their remaining amount,” said the ED officers.
In September, the ED officials sealed 2,631 bank accounts of Rose Valley on apprehension that Kundu could try to withdraw money from these accounts.
Sanjay Majumder
Anirban Mitra