PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested five persons in the multi crore in LUCC chit fund scam of Uttarakhand. The agency has arrested Sushil Gokhroo ( said to be one of the kingpins), Rajendra Singh Bisht, Tarun Kumar Mourya, Gaurav Rohilla and Mamta Bhandari from different parts of the country.
The Uttarakhand High Court had transferred all the FIRs pertaining to M/s Loni Urban Multi State Credit and Thrift Co-operative Society (LUCC) Chit Fund Scam to CBI in the Year 2025. The CBI had registered a case November 11 last year under various sections of IPC, BNS and Uttrakhand Protection of Interests of Depositors Act and Banning of Unregulated Deposits Schemes Act against various office bearers of LUCC and others.
Investigation so far has revealed an unprecedented scale of victimisation of the public in Uttarakhand in which more than one lakh investors were lured to invest in various unregulated deposit schemes of LUCC. The total investment/ deposits made by these depositors is estimated to the tune of Rs 800 crores.
The main accused in the scam is Sameer Agrawal, who along with his wife Saniya Agrawal have absconded abroad and CBI has opened notices and circulars against them.
Investigation has also revealed that several immovable properties were acquired by the accused from the scam money. The CBI has requested the Finance secretary of Uttarakhand to freeze these properties and take necessary action to distribute them to the victims under the provisions of Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes (BUDS) Act 2019.
