Congress accuses Rakesh Asthana of hushing up chit fund probe

Bhubaneswar | Saturday | 27th October, 2018

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BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha unit of Congress has accused CBI special director Rakesh Asthana of hushing up probe into the chit fund scam in the state. Since Asthana is the blue-eyed officer of Modi, the former helped the PM to shield the chit fund scam accused. Asthana, who last visited the state on June 18, was overseeing the investigation into the chit fund scam. Why is not Naveen saying anything on the CBI crisis," Niranjan asked.However, the CBI officials in the state said their probe into the chit fund scam is on track and denied having being influenced by anyone. The role of Asthana, who was supervising the probe, has come under the scanner..