Bengaluru: The victims of Ambidant Marketing Pvt Ltd have lost hopes on the CCB, and have demanded a CBI investigation as they claim that the CCB has connections with the owners of Ambidant.

The investor-victims held a press conference on Wednesday, and accused the CCB of being incompetent to hold an investigation, and said that the money amounting up to Rs 900 crore has been diverted to different companies, including those overseas.

“Apart from Bengaluru, Ambidant has branches in Ballari, Mysore and Dubai where the entire money has been diverted. We have given a list of companies to the CCB that Ambidant had transferred money. But we don’t think CCB will recover our money,” said Zaid Khan, an architect and victim.

Khan has alleged threat to his life, and has filed a petition with DG&IGP Neelmani Raju. He had exposed connections between the CCB officials and the father-son duo Syed Ahmed Fareed and Syed Ahmed Afaq.

Speaking to reporters, Khan said that some unidentified people are following him and had even come to his house to enquire about his whereabouts.

Sulthan, another investor-victim said, “He (Fareed) is always seen at the CCB office socialising and going along with the CCB sleuths for expensive lunches at luxury hotels. Is this the way the police should treat an accused?”

Khan also added, “The CCB sleuths’ priority is filing objections for bail of Ali Khan, an aide of former minister Janardhana Reddy for Rs 18 crore, rather than objecting to bail of the prime accused Fareed and Afaq who are roaming freely. We heard that the CCB is giving him police protection as he believes the victims are stalking him.”