Three awarded 6 years jail by CBI Court in Tripura Chit Fund case

  • Tripura Tribune Desk
  • May 31, 2026

The CBI Court, West Tripura District, Agartala, on 30.05.2026, convicted a private company, namely, M/s. Pragati Sheel Infra Projects & Services Limited and its CMD, Arindam Das, Director Paritosh Das and Administrative Director Dipshikha Chakraborty in the Tripura Chit fund case.

The accused Arindam Das, Paritosh Das and Dipshikha Chakraborty have been sentenced to Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for Six Years with a fine of Rs. 3 Lakh each. The Court has also imposed a fine of Rs. 7 Lakh on the accused private company, namely, M/s. Pragati Sheel Infra Projects & Services Limited.

Earlier, in pursuance of Notifications issued by State Govt. of Tripura and DoPT, Govt. of India, the Kailashahar P.S. Case No. 90/2012 dated 30.04.2012 was re-registered on 08.10.2013 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the above mentioned accused and  others for further investigation of the allegations that the aforesaid accused persons had cheated the complainant and several others by not refunding the money invested by them, and misappropriated deposits to the tune of Rs. 5-6 Crore collected from the general public.

After investigation, CBI filed chargesheet on 28.05.2018 against the accused Arindam Das, Paritosh Das and Dipshikha Chakraborty (Das) and 01 juristic accused entity, namely, M/s. Pragati Sheel Infra Projects & Services Limited.

The Court, after the trial, convicted and sentenced the accused accordingly.

Vide the aforesaid Judgement dated 30.06.2026, the Ld. Special Judge (CBI), West Tripura District, Agartala has further ordered that the fine amount imposed upon the convicts, if realized, shall be forwarded to the competent authorities  appointed for that purpose for proportionate distribution of the same amongst the aggrieved depositors through the District Magistrate & Collector, Unakoti District, Kailashahar who will proportionately distribute the realized amount to the competent authorities as per the requirements of their Sub-Divisions.

Further, the Ld. Court has also requested the competent authorities to recover the defrauded amount from the attached assets, as far as practicable, in accordance with law and to distribute the same proportionately to the identified depositors/investors who did not get back their deposited amounts.