**Bhubaneswar**: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday quizzed Dillip Mishra, political personal assistant of Odisha’s School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra and BJD leader Prafulla Singh for for their alleged involvement in the multi thousand crore chit fund scam.
Sources said the investigating agency grilled both of them for their alleged role in the Seashore and Artha Tatwa (AT) chit fund scam.
Dillip Mishra, the man who looks after the minister’s political engagements and Prafulla Singh, BJD’s former executive president for Cuttack district, were grilled by sleuths of the agency for about five hours at the CBI office here.
After his marathon interrogation, Singh said, “CBI is investigating the case. I answered whatever questions the officials asked me.”
When asked whether he was mediating for some influential people, he replied: “I have neither mediated for anybody nor do I know the Seashore group.”
On the other hand, Dillip alleged that Banki MLA Pravat Tripathy, who was arrested for his links in the chit fund scam, was behind his CBI interrogation.
“They (CBI) asked me whether I was collecting money on behalf of (minister) Debi Prasad Mishra. I said that I don’t even know the owner of Seashore. Since Banki MLA Pravat Tripathy has been dragged into the chit fund controversy, he had brought allegations against me before the investigating officials,” Dillip stated.
