Sumi Borah, whose named surfaced in a Rs2,200 crore online trading scam and has been evading arrest, had Rs20 crore deposited in her bank account by the Kingpin of the scam.
Phukan spent 1cr buying expensive clothe for Sumi Borah. He also gave her another 2.5cr for an abroad tour. In just two months, Rs 20cr was transferred into Borah’s bank account by Phukan. It has been apprehended that the actress helped the prime accused to get at least Rs 100cr investments that included important people outside the state as well.
According to police, Phukan has more than Rs 100cr in one of his SBI accounts in Assam.
Actress Sumi Borah from Dibrugarh started her career as a dancer. She acted in a few Assamese movies and also did choreography. Bishal phukan is also a native of Dibrugarh and calls Borah his sister.
Sumi Borah married photographer Tarkit Borah in the previous year in a destination wedding in Rajasthan’s Udaipur city. People from assamese movie industry were flown to Udaipur and expenses were taken care of by Bishal Phukan. He reportedly spent at least Rs 5cr on Sumi Borah’s extravagant wedding.
The Assam police uncovered a large financial scam involving brokers who made false online stock market investments by promising to double the money, totalling Rs 2,200cr last week.