GUWAHATI
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three persons in a 10-year-old Tripura chit fund scam case.
The three accused — Minnatullah Barbhuiya, Kamrul Islam Barbhuiya, and Imdadullah Barbhuiya — were arrested from Telangana’s Hyderabad, central Assam’s Hojai, and Tamil Nadu’s Vellore. All are from southern Assam’s Hailakandi district.
A statement issued by the CBI on Friday (February 7, 2025) said Mr. Minnatullah and Mr. Kamrul are the directors of Kama (India) Projects and Services Limited, the firm that allegedly collected money from investors after assuring them of huge profits. The money was collected without any authority from the Reserve Bank of India or the Securities and Exchange Board of India and misappropriated, it said.
The CBI registered the case again following notifications from the Tripura and the Central governments. The cases, filed between August 2012 and September 2014, were taken over from the State police.
Non-bailable warrants were issued by a special CBI court in Agartala against Mr. Minnatullah and Mr. Imdadullah after the investigative agency found were absconding. “All three were traced, intercepted, and arrested from three different places. They will be produced before a competent court,” the statement read.
