Bhubaneswar, October 20: Naseer Khan, the blind actor and co-producer of ‘Shadow’ fame, was arrested today for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore chit fund scam in Balasore district.
“We arrested Khan from Cuttack. He will be interrogated,” Inspector General of Police, Crime Branch, A K Ray told PTI.
Ray said that Khan was among several persons wanted by the CB in the case. He was one of the directors of Fine India, a chit fund company that allegedly siphoned off crores of rupees from gullible investors in Balasore.
Though Khan had quit as director of Fine India some time back, the CB had information that money was transferred to a Kanpur-based company from where it was channelled to Mumbai, police officials said, adding the firm later closed its operations in Balasore.
–Agencies