The state CID has been roped in to probe the slew of alleged investment and trading scams to have been unearthed in Assam over the past few days.

Police action has led to the arrest of over 38 persons in the ongoing crackdown with chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserting that those carrying out financial transactions/trading without the RBI’s permission will be taken to task.

“Action shuru ho gaya hai (action has begun). It will be my endeavour to unearth these scams and take those involved to task. The CID is already on the job. If required, we also constitute a SIT. We have also informed the Centre about the developments,” he said in Dibrugarh on Thursday.

A day ago in Lakhimpur, Sarma had said 38 alleged fraudsters have been arrested by the police till date. On Thursday, one Abhijit Chanda, an acquaintance of Bishal Phukan, the alleged mastermind in one of the key cases to be unearthed in Dibrugarh, was arrested.

Dibrugarh police, which registered a suo motu case, said people from Odisha, Chattisgarh, Kerala had invested in Phukan’s company for which social media influencer/ choreographer Sumi Borah, who is evading the police used to “solicit investments”.

Social media and TV news channels have been flooded with stories of the scams and arrests since Tuesday following the arrest of a 22-year-old Bishal Phukan, who is said to have funded Sumi Borah’s destination wedding in Rajasthan. Several social media influencers have also come under the scanner.

Between 1,000 and 1,500 people have been affected in the Dibrugarh scam. They were assured of 30 per cent returns in 60 days for which people fell for it.

Sarma said nobody can assure/pay 25-30 per cent interest.

“Public should be careful and not fall in the trap of scamsters and lose their hard-earned money,” chief minister said on Wednesday.