The CBI has registered FIRs against six private firms in Howrah, North 24-Parganas and South 24-Parganas in connection with the Saradha deposit scam.
All the six cases were filed by the CBI’s economic offences wing at Salt Lake near Calcutta from June 2 to 8.
In May 2014, the Supreme Court had asked the CBI to take over the probe into the Saradha deposit scam.
The cases were registered against the firms and its directors and agents. The FIRs say the firms had collected deposits with a promise of high returns and later embezzled the money.
The six firms are Hasper Micro Finance Institution, MPB Marketing Services Pvt Ltd, Future Marg Realty Ltd, Rosine Agro Tech India Ltd, Revolution Marketing Concepts India Pvt Ltd and RTC Real Trade India Ltd.