Sahara Group's recent statement says that the total fund received and raised from public since 1978 till September 30, 2012 with accrued interest, including life insurance policy holders' fund, mutual funds, Credit Cooperative Q shop customers advance, bank loans in India and overseas, etc" stood at Rs 225,000 crore.
Shares of two Sahara firms fell by up to 5 per cent on Wednesday, after the group's chief Subrata Roy and two directors were jailed for a week for not complying with the Supreme Court order on refunding around Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) of investors money.
The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on a plea of jailed Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy seeking modification of an earlier order asking him to pay Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) in cash besides a bank guarantee of an equivalent amount for securing his release.
Sahara and its founder Subrata Roy have been under scrutiny for years over its financial products, including for possible money laundering.
Sahara relied on a letter from bank saying the funds were there.