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Kolkata: A city court today sent top East Bengal Club official Debabrata Sarkar, an accused in the Saradha chit fund scam, to further three days' CBI custody while it remanded main accused Sudipta Sen to judicial custody till September 8.
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Alipore Court sent Sarkar, who was arrested on August 20, to CBI custody for three more days following his six-day remand on a plea by the agency for further questioning.
Sudipto Sen, who had also been taken in custody by CBI for the second time for further questioning, was remanded to judicial custody till September eight.
Five others, who are also accused in the Saradha scam and were in judicial custody, had their judicial remand extended till September eight.
They are suspended Trinamool Congres Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh, Sen's close associate Debjani Mukherjee, senior Saradha Group officials Somnath Dutta, Arvind Chowhan and Manoj Negel.
CBI, on the directions of the Supreme Court, began its probe into the scam in which it has registered a number of cases in West Bengal and Odisha.
Sarkar is accused of conspiring with Saradha top brass in the alleged misappropriation of funds of the company.
CBI has formed a Special Investigating Team (SIT) headed by Joint Director Rajeev Singh to also probe the role of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and RBI.
"Investigation conducted so far puts a question mark on the role of regulatory authorities like SEBI, Registrar of Companies and officials of RBI within whose respective jurisdictions and areas of operation the scam not only took birth but flourished unhindered," an apex court bench headed by Justice T S Thakur had said in its order.
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Alipore Court sent Sarkar, who was arrested on August 20, to CBI custody for three more days following his six-day remand on a plea by the agency for further questioning.
Sudipto Sen, who had also been taken in custody by CBI for the second time for further questioning, was remanded to judicial custody till September eight.
Five others, who are also accused in the Saradha scam and were in judicial custody, had their judicial remand extended till September eight.
They are suspended Trinamool Congres Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh, Sen's close associate Debjani Mukherjee, senior Saradha Group officials Somnath Dutta, Arvind Chowhan and Manoj Negel.
CBI, on the directions of the Supreme Court, began its probe into the scam in which it has registered a number of cases in West Bengal and Odisha.
Sarkar is accused of conspiring with Saradha top brass in the alleged misappropriation of funds of the company.
CBI has formed a Special Investigating Team (SIT) headed by Joint Director Rajeev Singh to also probe the role of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and RBI.
"Investigation conducted so far puts a question mark on the role of regulatory authorities like SEBI, Registrar of Companies and officials of RBI within whose respective jurisdictions and areas of operation the scam not only took birth but flourished unhindered," an apex court bench headed by Justice T S Thakur had said in its order.
Story first published: Aug 26, 2014 20:30 IST
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A team of ED officials quizzed the actor at his residence for close to two hours. |
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday questioned film actor-cum-Trinamool Congress MP Mithun Chakraborty in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam in West Bengal, officials said.
A team of ED officials drawn from its offices in Kolkata and Mumbai jointly quizzed the actor at his residence for close to two hours during which he is understood to have explained to them his connections with the Saradha group and provided documents in this regard.
The actor "cooperated with us and answered our questions with regard to the Saradha case. Some more documents will be submitted by his lawyer later", ED officials said.
Earlier, Chakraborty's lawyers had sought time from the ED for his questioning as the actor was away in Jordan in connection with his professional work, they said.
The actor's statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The ED had earlier questioned arrested Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh and Saradha Group head Sudipta Sen in connection with the scam.
SOURCES:
- NDTV
- IBNLIVE
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