Finance:Sanchayita chit fund scam
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Short description: Financial scam in West Bengal, India in the 1980's
Sanchayita Chit Fund Scam was a major financial scam caused by the collapse of a Ponzi scheme. The scam was unearthed in 1980 and it affected over 1.31 lakh(s) of people in West Bengal, India . Two main promoters of the Sanchayita group, Shambhu Prasad Mukherjee and Swapan Guha, were arrested. Shambhu Mukherjee leaped or was pushed to his death from a multi-storeyed building in Calcutta (the murder theory still holds sway in Calcutta although the police claim that he committed suicide). Swapan Guha was declared insolvent by the court. Another accused Bihari Lal Murarka, the third promoter, went underground and has not been traced since.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
References
- ↑ "33 years later, Sanchayita payback drags on - Times of India". The Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/33-years-later-Sanchayita-payback-drags-on/articleshow/19686212.cms.
- ↑ "WB chit fund scam brings back memories of Sanchayita collapse". News18. https://www.news18.com/news/india/wb-chit-fund-scam-brings-back-memories-of-sanchayita-collapse-604815.html.
- ↑ "West Bengal in Damage Control After Chit Fund Scam". Outlook. https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/west-bengal-in-damage-control-after-chit-fund-scam/796174.
- ↑ "30 yrs on, victims of Bengal's other chit scam get a pittance". http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/30-yrs-on-victims-of-bengal-s-other-chit-scam-get-a-pittance/1121589/.
- ↑ "Trust is a commodity: What the underbelly of Bengal's Saradha scam reveals - Firstpost". https://www.firstpost.com/india/what-the-underbelly-of-bengals-saradha-scam-is-revealing-about-politicians-industries-1724513.html.
- ↑ "Sanchaita Investments scam: Years of sparring in court lie ahead" (in en). https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/economy/story/19860715-sanchaita-investments-scam-years-of-sparring-in-court-lie-ahead-801058-1986-07-15.
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