Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday questioned former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh in its probe into the Saradha Chit Fund scam.
A senior ED official told IANS: “Ghosh is being questioned for his role in the Saradha Chit Fund case under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.”
The official said that the agency is questioning Ghosh about the financial transactions of the Saradha group.
On being asked when the agency has summoned Trinamool Congress sitting MP Satabdi Roy, East Bengal football club official Debabrata Sarkar, businessmen Sajjan Agarwal, Sandhir Agarwal and Saradha Group Chairman Sudipta Sen’s close aide Arindam Das, he said, “They have been asked to appear in August before ED.”
The Saradha scam came to light in April 2013 and is estimated at over Rs 10,000 crore. The ED has filed a case on the basis of the CBI’s FIR.
–IANS
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