SEBI to auction 66 properties of Saradha Group on April 11 to recover investors' money
The Hindu
SEBI’s e-auction of Saradha Group properties will be conducted between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on April 11
Markets regulator SEBI on March 13, said it will auction 66 properties of Saradha Group on April 11, 2023 at a reserve price totalling ₹32 crore to recover money raised by the firm from the public through illicit schemes.
The properties to go under the hammer include land parcels located in West Bengal, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said in a notice.
The regulator said that the e-auction will be conducted between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on April 11, 2023. The total reserve price of these properties is pegged at about ₹32 crore.
SEBI has engaged Quikr Realty to assist it in sale of the properties and appointed C1 India as the e-auction provider.
The development came after the Calcutta High Court passed an order in June 2022, whereby it directed SEBI to proceed with the auction of properties of Saradha Group of Companies. The entire exercise was directed to be completed within three months.
Saradha Group, a consortium of over 239 private companies, allegedly ran chit fund operations in West Bengal, Assam and Odisha and raised around ₹4,000 crore from 1.7 million depositors before it collapsed in April 2013.
As per the notice, the regulator said bidders should make their own independent enquiries regarding the encumbrances, litigations, attachments and acquisition of liabilities of the property put on auction, prior submitting their bid.
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