Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (IANS): The CBI Thursday filed a preliminary chargesheet against six people, including a BJD parliamentarian and two former legislators, at a special CBI court here for their alleged link to the Odisha chit fund scam.

The 130-page chargesheet named six people - including Biju Janata Dal's Lok Sabha member from Mayurbhanj, Ramchandra Hansda, former BJD legislator Subarna Naik and former Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Hitesh Bagarti, said sources from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

They were all directors in chit fund company Nabadiganta Capital Service Ltd. (NCSL), which duped hundreds of people in the state by floating four companies -- NCSL, Nabadiganta Agro Industries Ltd. (NAIL), Nabadiganta Project Ltd. and Nabadiganta Properties Ltd.

The chargesheet also named company chairman and managing director Anjan Baliarsingh and directors Pradip Patnaik and Kartikeya Parida.

The CBI sources said charges were slapped under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prize Chit and Money Circulation (Banning) Act, 1978.

The investigating agency had raided the houses of the accused and later arrested them last year for their alleged involvement in the chit fund scam.

As part of its ongoing inquiry, the CBI has already filed preliminary chargesheets against Green India, Artha Tatwa Group and Micro Finance Limited in the chit fund scam.