CBI Detains Additional Suspect in Assam Online Trading Fraud
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Guwahati, Dec 4 (NationPress) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended an additional suspect in connection with the online trading stock fraud on Wednesday.
The individual arrested has been identified as Mintu Das, also known as Rohit Chandra Das. Sources have indicated that this suspect played a significant role in the massive stock trading fraud that shook Assam a few months ago.
Mintu Das was taken into custody by the federal investigation agency in Guwahati.
He is the owner of a business that was allegedly involved in stock trading. However, it is claimed that he enticed individuals to invest through his company under the false promise of much higher returns.
Previously, on Monday, a court in Dibrugarh district of Assam denied bail to the controversial Assamese actress Sumi Borah, her spouse Tarkik Borah, and Bishal Phukan, all implicated in the multi-crore online stock trading fraud.
The main suspects in this extensive scam, Bishal Phukan and Tarkik Borah, were granted bail by the Gauhati High Court the previous week, as the CBI failed to file the chargesheet within the mandated 60 days of their arrest.
Nonetheless, they were unable to secure their release from jail due to multiple pending cases against them.
Bishal Phukan reportedly leveraged Sumi Borah's network within the Assamese film industry to attract several clients.
He organized extravagant parties for artists and incentivized them with luxurious gifts to persuade them to invest in the online trading venture.
To recap, a colossal online trading scam worth Rs. 2,200 crores was uncovered in Assam in September after the kingpin of the operation, Bishal Phukan, was apprehended at his residence in Dibrugarh.
Sumi Borah and her husband Tarkik Borah, both accused in the trading fraud, later surrendered to the authorities.
The state government transferred 41 cases related to the online trading scam to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam Police provided critical information regarding the online trading scam to CBI officials.
