[Manoj Das is in the news again for the
wrong reasons. This time it is for his association with the scam tainted chit
fund company run by the Seashore group in Odisha. As usual he has pretended ignorance
and donated the money that he received from the Seashore group (10 lakhs) to
the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. But is not that simply an eyewash to
exonerate himself? Who will not “offer” or “donate” the money when the law finally
catches up on him? We reproduce below some of the news items that have been
posted on the web. – Bireshwar]
THE HINDU
Staff Reporter: Eminent writer Manoj
Das donated Rs. 10.45 lakh to Chief Minister’s Relief Fund which he had
received as honorarium in his capacity as advisor for magazines published by
scam-tainted Seashore Group.
Seashore
Sahitya Academy, the literary arm of the Seashore Group, had roped in the
celebrated writer as an advisor to publish ‘Sita Sakala’ and ‘Sahitya
Pruthivi’.
“I
was helping the group with monthly magazines. My sole aim was to promote the
monthly magazine for adolescents in Odisha,” the Pondichery-based writer said
over phone on Monday.
He
said, “I don’t know what the chit fund business is all about. Seashore Group
Chairman and Managing Director Prashant Dash met me twice or thrice in the past
one year. He had requested me to head Seashore Sahitya Academy. I had, however,
declined the offer.”
Meanwhile,
the Special Chief Judicial Magistrate (CBI) allowed the CBI to take the
Chairman and Managing Director and two directors of Nabadiganta Financial
Services on six days’ remand.
The
Pioneer
Tuesday, 28 October 2014 | PNS |
Bhubaneswar
Following the unsavoury revelations
about the Seashore Group in the course of the ongoing CBI investigation into
the mega chit fund scam in Odisha, Jnanapeeth award winning writer Manoj Das
has donated the honorarium of Rs 10 lakhs he had received from the company to the
Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF).
Das was the advisor of Sahitya Patrika,
a monthly Odia literary magazine, and Kishora Patrika, a monthly Odia magazine
for teenagers, published by the Seashore publications division. Apart from
contributing articles, he was in-charge of planning the contents of the two
magazines, for which the company had paid him a monthly honorarium of Rs 1 lakh
for some months. Besides, the company had also paid a monthly honorarium of Rs 5,000
to the assistant of Das for nine months.
After the involvement of the company in
the chit fund scam came to light, a columnist had recently sought a
clarification from Das as to how he was receiving the money from the company. Besides,
a blog in the Facebook had also alleged that the Seashore was giving Das an
honorarium of Rs 1 lakh to use his name once a month.
Distraught over these allegations, Das
has given the media details of the circumstances leading to his involvement in
the two magazines. Besides, he has also donated the total honorarium to the CMRF.
Odisha Sun Times
Odisha
Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar,
Oct 27:
Taking note of the unsavoury
revelations about the Seashore Group of Companies in the course of the
ongoing CBI investigation into the mega chit fund scam in Odisha, eminent
Indian writer Manoj Das has donated the honorarium of Rs 10 lakh he received
from the company to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF).
Manoj Das Das was the advisor of
Sahitya Patrika, a monthly Odia magazine and Kishora Patrika, a monthly Odia
magazine for teenagers, published by the Seashore publications division. Apart
from contributing articles, he was in charge of planning the contents of these
two magazines for which the company had paid him a monthly honorarium of Rs 1
lakh for some months.
Besides, the company had also paid a
monthly honorarium of Rs 5, 000 to the assistant of Das for nine months.
After the involvement of the company
in the mega chit fund scam came to light, a columnist had recently sought a
clarification from Das as to how he was receiving the money from the company.
Besides, a blog in the facebook had
also alleged that the Seashore was giving Das an honorarium of Rs 1 lakh to use
his name once a month.
Distraught over these allegations,
Das has given the media details of the circumstances leading to his involvement
in these two magazines.
Besides, he has also donated the
total honorarium to the CMRF.
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