he Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Durga Prasad Mishra, owner of a chit fund company and an Oriya TV channel MBC TV, over a chit fund scam. He was absconding for the last nine months. Mishra was the the chief of Micro Finance Private Limited, one of the 44 chit fund groups under the agency’s scanner. As per a report in the Indian Express, CBI spokesperson Kanchan Prasad said Mishra was arrested nine months after he turned fugitive. Mishra, who headed 13 companies including Micro Finance Private Limited, allegedly defrauded Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) from the investors. The companies had businesses in health, media, chit fund, transport and mining sector.
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