DJ Venkatesh
Diglipur, May 20: Dozens of investors in remote Diglipur Island are finding themselves in deep trouble as the Micro-Finance Company in which they had invested their hard earned money, has closed its office in Andaman and ran away with their money.
A few account holders of Suraha Finance on 13th Jan 2014 and again in March 2014 approached the Diglipur Police Station and Assistant Commissioner of Diglipur requesting them to find out the background of Suraha Finance, a micro Finance Company in which they had invested large sum of money. According to them amount of nearly 26 investors, matured in February, March and April 2013 but the Micro Finance Company is neither giving them their matured amount not returning the actually invested amount. Actually the Micro Finance Company has closed its all operation in Andaman and vanished from these Islands.
The company very cleverly made around 140 agents in Diglipur area, promising them a bright future, promising career and heavy profit. The company asked every agent to make atleast 52 Fixed Deposits and seven Recurring Deposits, a target, which many of agents reached. Sadly instead of getting salary or any commission, these agents are now facing the wrath of investors as the Ghost Company has vanished in thin air with all the hard earned money of investors.
With the above mentioned figures, one can easily make out that a large number of investors has already fallen prey to the Ghost Chit Fund Company, sadly only those whose money has matured are now making noise while others are still waiting for a good fortune and a miracle, which will never happen.
Some of such victims of Suraha Finance are Ac No 27010100117039 Nilima Roy (amount matured on 5 Jan 2013); Ac No 27010100094002 R Manjulla (amount matured on 3 Jan 2013); Ac No 27010100245042- Dipankar Mistry (amount matured on 7Feb); Ac No-270101001822021- Mahadev Mondal (amount matured on 28 Jan); Ac N0 27010100250061- Kanan Sikder (amount matured on 9 Feb) ;Ac No 27010100132047- Rohit Munda (amount matured on 11 Jan); Ac No 27010100240023- Sefali Halder (amount matured on 6Feb); Ac No 27010100202057- Sisir Mondal (amount matured on 1 Feb); Ac No 27010100239033 Neepa Halder (amount matured on 6 feb) etc.
According to agents the Officials of the Finance Company who had come from West Bengal had made many false promises to the investors and purchased vehicles and land in Andaman in their names and not in the name of Company.
The agents, who are now also the victim, allege that the officials are neither picking up their calls nor the official website ofwww.surahamicrofinance.org is working.
According to details gathered by Andaman Sheekha initially the company started it operation in Andaman in the name of Sunmarg Micro Finance later changed to Suraha Micro Finance and now it changed its name to Andaman Nicobar Micro Finance consultancy at the same place. They have also opened a page in Facebook as Sunmarg Suraha micro finance later changed to Suraha Micro Finance
A complaint was filed to DC Mayabunder on 11th Mar, 2014 against Bikash Das, MD of Suraha Micro Finance of Diglipur by the above mentioned account holders as the main branch at Kolkata stopped functioning. The complaints have also mentioned that the Suraha Micro Finance has changed its name to AN Micro Finance consultancy limited.
Similarly the Chit Fund Company Reliable Finance has changed its name to Bhedica, apart from this, Ramel, Roofers and many others such companies have put down their shutters in Andaman.
This is high time for Andaman and Nicobar Police to form a Special Task Force to hunt down all these Bogus Finance Companies, which are targeting less educated or illiterate population of these Islands and running away with their hard earned money.
