Refund Rs 1,520 cr to investors: Sebi to Bengal plantation firm
“MPS has collected approximately Rs 1,520 crore, in the absence of any valid registration and moreover, ignoring the specific prohibition issued by Sebi vide its second order not to raise any money in any new or existing schemes,” Sebi said in its order.
Sebi said if MPS fails to comply with its directions, prosecution proceedings against the company and its promoters, directors and managers would be initiated. These persons include Pramatha Nath Manna, Santanu Chowdhury, Arup Kumar Roy Gupta, Subrata Basu, Prabir Kumar Chanda, Madhusudhan Adhikari and Sukumar Ghosal. They would also be restrained from accessing the capital market till all the monies are refunded, it said.
According to the Sebi, MPS had issued an ‘advertorial’ on March 30, 2012 in a business daily stating that the Calcutta High Court has permitted it to continue with its business. “The said ‘advertorial’ also announced that MPS was allowed to raise money from the public and made disclosure about its intention to raise 80 per cent of its targeted total amount of Rs 30,000 crore through its CIS schemes. This advertisement by MPS further flouts the conditions of the Provisional
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