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Odhisa chit fund scam: BJD MP Ramchandra Hansdah and former MLAs Subarna Naik and Hitesh Bagartti get six day remand

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BJD Lok Sabha MP Ramchandra Hansda, and two former MLAs Hitesh Kumar Bagartti and Subarna Naik were on Wednesday sent to six days remand in connection with a chit fund scam.

A special CBI court today allowed the investigating agency to take the three politicians, including Mayurbhanj MP Ramchandra Hansda, arrested in the multi-crore chitfund scam, on a six-day remand after rejecting their bail petitions.

The three leaders - Hansda, former MLAs Subarna Naik and Hitesh Kumar Bagarti, arrested yesterday on the charge of criminal conspiracy, cheating and diversion of funds were produced before the special court here after a medical check-up.

The trio also happened to be the former directors of Nabadiganta Capital Service, a ponzi company that allegedly duped hundreds of investors.

Though CBI sought a ten-day remand for the three politicians, the special judge P L Satpathy allowed the investigating agency to take them on a six-day remand.

However, Hansda alleged that the action against him was part of a political conspiracy against the ruling BJD in Odisha.

"The central investigating agency is trying to gain cheap popularity out of this," Hansda said, adding that there was a "conspiracy" against the BJD.

Hansda, who had been suspended from the ruling BJD immediately after his arrest yesterday, said this while being taken to the court for production by CBI.

The CBI had recovered Rs 28 lakh cash from Hansda's house in Mayurbhanj district in July this year while probing into the chitfund scam involving Nabadiganta Capital Service.

Hansda had claimed that the money was his personal and party fund.

Former BJP MLA Hitesh Bagartti said, "I feel sad. As I was a director of the company I too was arrested by CBI." "I want investors to get back their money," he added.

CBI conducted medical examination of all the three accused politicians comprising Hansda, former BJD MLA Subarna Naiak and Bagarti before they were produced in the special CBI judge court here.

The CBI had arrested Hansdah, MP from Mayurbhanj in Odisha, along with former MLA of BJD Subarna Naik, former BJP MLA Hitesh Kumar Bagartti on November 4.

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