By Bizodisha Bureau, August 2, 2019: Odisha Government on Friday extended the tenure of Justice MM Das Commission of Inquiry, which is probing the multi-crore chit fund scam in the state, by six months.

The tenure was earlier scheduled to end on August 4, a notification of the Home Department said.

State Government extends the tenure of the Commission of Inquiry on unauthorised collection of public deposits for a further period of six months beyond August 4, 2019,” tweeted the Home department.

The commission had last month submitted its seventh interim report to the Odisha Government. Worth mentioning, 497844 small investors have been identified by the commission till date.

In its seventh interim report submitted last month, the Commission furnished the details of over one lakh small investors, who had invested less than Rs 10,000 in various chit fund companies.

The Commission recommended that the state government refund money to the small depositors duped by chit fund companies in the state.