Archive · 30 Aug 2026
CBI Arrests Absconding Accused in Odisha Chit Fund Scam
The CBI arrested a man named Debabrata Dutta in Siliguri.
He is accused of being involved in an Odisha chit-fund scam involving more than Rs 17 crore.
Investigators said he had avoided the investigation and was declared an absconder.
A court had issued a warrant for his arrest.
He will be taken to Bhubaneswar to appear before a court.
The report also describes a separate case involving goods taken from two trucks.
In that case, the CBI arrested Roop Singh after he had allegedly avoided arrest for nearly 23 years.
The goods case involves alleged criminal misappropriation, conspiracy and abetment.
The CBI arrested Debabrata Dutta in Siliguri over an Odisha chit-fund case involving more than Rs 17 crore.
Dutta, former proprietor of DNB Food Processing Private Limited, was declared an absconder in a 2022 chargesheet.
A non-bailable warrant was issued against Dutta on August 5, 2024, and he will be produced before a court in Bhubaneswar.
In a separate case, the CBI arrested Roop Singh over the alleged misappropriation of goods worth Rs 9 lakh from two trucks.
The truck-misappropriation case was transferred to the CBI in 2002, and a chargesheet was filed in 2003 against four accused.
- Who
- The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Debabrata Dutta in the Odisha chit-fund case and Roop Singh in a separate Maharashtra goods-misappropriation case.
- What
- Dutta was arrested over the alleged misappropriation of more than Rs 17 crore from depositors; Singh was arrested over alleged misappropriation of goods worth Rs 9 lakh.
- When
- Dutta was arrested on Friday, while the report says Singh was arrested on August 21; the years for those two arrests are not specified in the report.
- Where
- Dutta was arrested in Siliguri, West Bengal, and is to be produced before a competent court in Bhubaneswar. The separate goods case originated in Amalner, Maharashtra.
- Why
- The arrests followed CBI investigations into the alleged chit-fund misappropriation and the alleged theft and criminal misappropriation of goods from two trucks.
- Odisha case
- The CBI says more than Rs 17 crore belonging to depositors was misappropriated.
- Odisha accused
- Debabrata Dutta, former proprietor of DNB Food Processing Private Limited.
- Warrant
- A non-bailable warrant was issued against Dutta on August 5, 2024.
- Chargesheet against Dutta
- The CBI filed it on December 26, 2022, under relevant IPC provisions and the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978.
- Separate case
- Roop Singh was arrested over alleged criminal misappropriation of goods worth Rs 9 lakh.
- Goods case chargesheet
- The CBI filed a chargesheet on December 19, 2003, against Roop Singh, Arjun Singh, Babu Khan and Aslam Khan.
- Case transfer
- The Bombay High Court at Aurangabad directed that the goods-case investigation be transferred to the CBI in 2002.