Bhubaneswar: Pravat Tripathy, former MLA from Banki Assembly constituency in Odisha, on Friday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Artha Tatwa (AT) chit fund scam.
His interrogation is continuing since 10.15 am.
The former Banki MLA was arrested on October 31, 2014, by the CBI for his alleged links with the AT Group, a Ponzi company involved in the multi-crore chit fund scam. He was charged with criminal conspiracy.
He allegedly received a huge sum from the AT Group.
The Orissa High Court granted him conditional bail in March 2015.
He was suspended from the BJD following his arrest. In 2017, the BJD lifted his suspension.
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