AGARTALA, Nov 18 (TIWN): Ratan Lal Nath's interview with Tripura Infoway (TIWN)about Chit Fund and Tripura CM's family members involvement had been denied and condemned by CM's wife's Panchali Bhattacharjee's family but the denials have further punctured Chief Minister's image as Ratan Lal Nath said in a press meet in reply to Panchali Bhattacharjee's family members, "You don't know any thing ?? How Panchali Bhattacharjee and her family laid their trusts upon Ratan Chowdhury like fraud against whom already case was lodged in West PS. How Chief Minister's wife's most trustable person can be a Chit Fund owner ?"

In a protest Gargi Bhattacharjee and Baidehi Bhatacherjee said on Nov 17 through newspapers (after TIWN's interview with Ratan Lal Nath on Nov 16), "At Krishnanagr we all sisters and brothers decided to make a flat but we did not have any relation with Chit Fund company of Jiban Sambriddhi. We made a deal with Tirupati Construction to build our home and the company has license. We are paying regular moneys for it from our savings". But Ratan Lal Nath said, "If Gautam Kundu makes another company which is not chit fund, will people  invest for it ??"

"CM’s wife’s most trustable person was Chit Fund Owner  and they say they have no link ? What kind of logic is this ??", Ratan Lal Nath told media.

"I tried to expose the thing in the Assembly, but could not due to the intentional interruptions came from CPI-Ms. However, I never would hit on such issues but I am bound as  chit fund which caused the biggest financial loss for Tripura, had snatched 30 years of Tripura Govt's income", said Nath at the introduction.

"In 2013, a case was filed against one of the chit fund owners of Tripura Ratan Chowdhury in West PS with the case number 128 / 2013 for his financial cheating to the mass through his chit fund company Jiban Samriddhi Medical Lmt. Later he got bail. Then he opened another chit fund company named Altiuistice Agro Food Lmt, but no chargesheet has been filed against it", added Nath.

"But, in later the Chit Fund owner opened new company at Bodhjungnagar, named Tiruptati Constructor. . But opening a new company doesn't mean he belong clean image. On that time in 2016, Illa Bhattacharjee's family members had given their property's power of attorney to this same fraud chit fund owner, which is unbelievable", said Nath.