Bhubaneswar, Nov 28: A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned Balasore BJD MP Rabindra Kumar Jena and Laxmi Bilasini Biswal, wife of BJD MLA from Choudwar-Cuttack, Prabhat Biswal, for their alleged links with chit fund scam-tainted Seashore Group of companies, union minister Jual Oram on Sunday said the CBI will expedite the probe in the future. The investigating agency which had ‘gone slow’ in the matter in past few months and woken up after the saffron party leader’s Odisha visit on Friday, has raised many eyebrows.
Though many have preferred to be tight-lipped on the issue, the ruling party has become vocal. The Congress which remained silent these days on the issue said the central agency is being used for political gains. Jena, who is a prominent entrepreneur of Balasore, had appeared before the CBI on January 13, 2015 in connection with his business links with the Seashore Group of Companies.
Sources said he had given a loan of Rs 18 crore to the Group, which is under investigation of the central probe agency. Rama Chandra Hansda, the Mayurbhanj MP of the ruling party, was arrested by the CBI on November 4, 2014, for his alleged links with ponzi firm Nabadiganta Capital Services Pvt Ltd.
