CBI Arrests Absconding Accused in Tripura Chit Fund Scam

• By Thetripurapost Desk, Agartala
• May 13, 2026
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has achieved a major breakthrough in the much-discussed Tripura chit fund scam case by arresting absconding accused Sanjit Chakraborty from Kolkata on May 12. He is accused of cheating investors of nearly Rs 7.75 crore.

According to the CBI, arrested Sanjit Chakraborty was the CMD of Kolkata-based company Cosmic Negotiators Private Limited. He had reportedly been on the run since an FIR was registered by Tripura Police in 2013.

Later, the CBI took over the investigation under the provisions of the DSPE Act, 1946, following notifications issued by both the Tripura government and the Central government.

CBI sources stated that in the first case, a chargesheet was filed in 2015 against Sanjit Chakraborty and others for allegedly duping investors of around Rs 7.48 crore. In a second case, another chargesheet was filed in 2024 for allegedly cheating investors of nearly Rs 27.13 lakh. In both cases, Chakraborty was named as a fugitive accused.

Investigators claimed that the accused had been evading arrest for more than a decade. After conducting extensive searches, field verification, technical and physical surveillance, CDR analysis, and OSINT-based tracking, the agency finally traced his location to Kolkata.

The CBI further informed that after obtaining transit remand from a Kolkata court, the accused will be brought to Tripura and produced before the concerned court. The investigation into the chit fund scam case is currently underway.