Keeping its poll promise, the BJP-IPFT government in Tripura handed over all the 74 chit fund cases from the Special Investigation Team to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb announced on Sunday.


The Chief Minister said that the central investigation agency has agreed to investigate 11 cases, which include Rose Valley, Response Group, Basil International, I-Core and Warris Group of Companies.


The Chief Minister alleged that the erstwhile Left Front government had paved the way for exploitation of people through chit funds, which could be understood as they granted licenses to chit funds, No Objection Certificates and also inaugurated events. He was referring to former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who attended an event of the Rose Valley group in an amusement park in 2008. Later Sarkar claimed that his government was not even aware that Rose Valley is a chit fund companies.