Congress activists today staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Odisha DGP here demanding immediate arrests of some actor-turned-politicians of the ruling BJD for allegedly misleading people to invest in the chit fund companies.
Allegedly acting as brand ambassadors, these cine stars-turned-politicians had asked their fans to invest in the chit fund companies.
Led by Cuttack Lok Sabha Youth Congress President Aryaveer Lenka, the party activists also submitted a memorandum to DGP K B Singh urging him to arrest such celebrities alleging they had conspired with the chit fund companies to hoodwink the people as brand ambassadors.
Prominent among those against whom the opposition have trained their guns are Rajya Sabha member Anubhav Mohanty, Lok Sabha member Siddhant Mohapatra, MLA Akash Dasnaik and BJD's MLA candidate Popu Pompom alias Tattwa Prakash Satpathy.
All those named by the opposition, however, pleaded ignorance about such activities of the companies and promised to cooperate with any investigation in this regard, when contacted.
The Congress leaders also urged the DGP to handover the cases pertaining to Oscar Group of Companies to CBI for investigation alleging it has duped innocent Odias settling in Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Earlier last week, the youth BJP leaders of the city had demonstrated in front of cinema halls here and pulled down cinema posters having pictures of some cine stars.
