Assam trading scam: Sumi Barah, others to appear before CBI court on Oct 30

Dibrugarh: The prime accused of the multi-crore online trading scam including Vishal Phukan and Sumi Borah are likely to appear at a CBI court in Guwahati, Assam on October 30.

The multi-crore online trading scam accused include Vishal Phukan, Sumi Bora, Tarkik Bora, Amlan Bora, Ranjit Kakoti, Abhijit Chanda, Shubhan Jyoti Kurmi, and Chandan Nath.

All of them are likely to appear before the Special CBI Court in connection with ongoing investigations into online trading cases.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrived in Dibrugarh on October 12, 2024, to probe two cases (No. 352/24 and 354/24) related to illegal online trading.

The cases were registered against Vishal Phukan among others at Dibrugarh Police Station.

On Friday, at around  8:25 AM, the CBI team transported the eight accused from Dibrugarh Central Jail in a minibus.

The team made a brief stop at Barbaruah Police Station, where another case (No. 85/24) had been registered against Vishal Phukan, before returning with the accused.

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On September 3, the alleged mastermind of the multi-crore online trading scam, 22-year-old Bishal Phukan was arrested by the Dibrugarh Police after the scam estimated to be worth at least Rs 2,200 crore came to light.

Initially, a suo-motu case was registered by the Dibrugarh Police. Later four FIRs were filed by several duped investors against Bishal Phukan.

Two of Phukan’s accomplices, actor-choreographer Sumi Borah and her photographer husband Tarkik Borah were arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police on September 12.

A day earlier on September 11, Sumi Borah’s brother-in-law Amlan Borah was arrested from the Muzzaffarpur district in Bihar in a joint operation by Assam Police and Bihar Police. 

The accused have been booked under section 316(2)/318(4) of the BNS 2023, along with section 21/23 of the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Scheme Act, 2019.