No Chit Fund refund by Government: Gogoi
Chief Minister Tarun Gogogi made it clear at a press conferece in Guwhati, that no money will be refunded to those who had lost their savings in the Sardha Group or any other. “Where will the government pay the money from”, asked Gogoi. Gogoi said that a list of some companies being prepered by the government in case of frogery which will be handed to the CBI. The companies include Sardha Group, Rose Valley, Unipay 2U, Jeevan Suraksha, Alliance, Deffodil, Abis, Basil and Prayag for the timbing. However the govermnet doesn’t have any information about the amount of investment done by the people in these companies.
Gogoi reiterted that no minister or police officials will be spared if found guilty in the chit fund scam. Gogoi is under pressure by media after the name of Health and Education Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sharma and former DGP, Sankar Baruah's name has been named by Sudipto Sen, the CEO of Sardha Group, in his letter to the CBI. A CBI team will reach Guwahati on Tuesday for investigation into the scam.
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