India, Nov. 2 -- NEW DELHI :Every fortnight, scores of harassed and worried people from Delhi and Haryana gather at a common spot to discuss ways to recover cash plugged as fixed deposits with a Faridabad-based company that has gone bust. The total of cash lost in the FD scheme is estimated anywhere between Rs 100-150 crore, not big enough to be noticed in a nation that has the world's largest number of newspapers and news channels. But the SRS Group has allegedly swindled a little over Rs 3,800 crore. And there is no news of the missing cash.

Yet, the SRS scandal has not triggered breaking headlines. Media's near-total lack of attention has only helped Anil Jindal, CMD of the SRS group of companies, and others to remain quiet and even s...