Bhubaneswar: The managing Director of a ponzi firm, Mir Sahiruddin, who was lodged in the Special Jail here at Jharpara, succumbed on Sunday morning.
According to reports, Sahiruddin, the former MD of chit fund firm Green Ray International Limited (GRIL), suffered a cardiac arrest and was declared dead at Capital Hospital.
A case of unnatural death has been registered in this connection and body of the deceased was sent for autopsy.
Sahiruddin was arrested by the CBI in February, 2017, after being on the run for three years. A native of Balasore district, Sahiruddin was hiding with his family in Nigeria.
Back then, in 2017, Sahiruddin had entered India on a fake passport and was arrested by the Central agency from Kolkata.
GRIL is accused of duping nearly Rs 2,000 crore from depositors in Odisha and 13 other states on the pretext of providing them high returns in a short time.
