Minister orders probe into chit fund firms in region

Tribune News Service

Hisar, September 24

Haryana Minister of State for Public Health and Engineering Banwari Lal has directed that the occupation of government land for illegal activities like setting up ‘roti bank’ should be cleared immediately.

Presiding over a meeting of the Grievance Redressal Committee here on Monday, the minister asked the district administration to initiate a probe into the firms that are operating multi-level marketing system in the region.

Acting on his directions, Deputy Commissioner Ashok Kumar Meena constituted a committee headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner Amarjeet Singh Mann to inquire into these kinds of firms.

A number of such firms have surfaced in Hisar and adjoining districts and have duped people of crores of rupees in the name of multiplying their money.

Co-incidentally, the promoters of the fraud chit fund firm Future Maker were also providing funding to the ‘roti bank’ in the Green Square market in Hisar.

The minister appealed to the people that those who have been victimised in such cases could give their complaints to the Additional Deputy Commissioner without hesitation.

In the matter of Future Maker, Deputy Commissioner Ashok Kumar Meena instructed the officers to seize every type of property realised from the earned income of this company even if taken on some other name.

Meanwhile, the minister was apprised that some people have occupied the area for ‘roti bank’ on the green belt in front of the old government college and illegally kept cows on the government land in front of the community centre at Patel Nagar.

The minister said all such illegal occupation should be cleared immediately.

Following the complaints, the minister urged the authorities to start a campaign to catch stray cattle in the city. The DC assured that the campaign would start soon and also assured that illegal possession on government land would be removed.

Out of the total of 16 cases, the minister resolved 13 cases on the spot. In the remaining cases, he gave necessary directions to the officers concerned for their resolution.

Dealing strictly

• Minister of State for Public Health and Engineering Banwari Lal asked the Hisar district administration to initiate a probe into the firms that are operating multi-level marketing system in the region
• Deputy Commissioner Ashok Kumar Meena constituted a committee headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner Amarjeet Singh Mann to inquire into these kind of firms
• A number of such firms have surfaced in Hisar and adjoining districts and have duped people of crores of rupees in the name of multiplying their money
• The minister appealed to the people that those who have been victimised in such cases could give their complaints to the Additional Deputy Commissioner without hesitation