Rabindar Jena-BJD-MP

By Bizodisha Bureau, Bubaneswar, January 13, 2017 : The ruling Biju Janata Dal [BJD] Lok Sabha member from Balasore, Rabindra Jena on Friday moved the Odisha High Court seeking anticipatory bail following raids at his houses in connection with the Seashore Group chit fund scam by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The Central investigating agency on Thursday raided Jena’s houses in Balasore and Delhi.

The CBI had also issued him a notice on January 9 to appear before it on January 12 but the MP did not present himself before the premier investigating agency.

Jena had earlier presented himself before the CBI on December 10 last year after being summoned and was questioned for around seven hours over his alleged links with the firm.

Jena headed the ‘Supratik’ group of companies, which had lent about Rs 18 crores to the Seashore Group in 2010. Seashore had paid back the lion’s share of the money, but still owed Rs 1.86 crores to him, sources said.