 "CBI files first chargesheet in Saradha scam")
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed its first chargesheet in a Kolkata court on Wednesday in the Saradha Tours and Travels case, three months after the probe was transferred to it by the Supreme Court.
Prime accused Sudipta Sen, Debjani Mukherjee and former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh were named, as were four companies of the Saradha group and one of Ghosh. The companies named are Saradha Tours and Travels, Saradha Construction, Saradha Realty and Saradha Garden, plus Ghosh's Strategy Media.
“The chargesheet has been filed under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant or by banker, merchant or agent) and 420 (cheating), and sections 4 and 6 of the Prize Chit and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978,” said a CBI official.
The central agency, along with the enforcement directorate, had questioned some high-profile people. Among those arrested were former IPS officer Rajat Majumder, East Bengal club official Debabrata Sarkar and businessman Sandhir Agarwal.
Prime accused Sudipta Sen, Debjani Mukherjee and former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh were named, as were four companies of the Saradha group and one of Ghosh. The companies named are Saradha Tours and Travels, Saradha Construction, Saradha Realty and Saradha Garden, plus Ghosh's Strategy Media.
“The chargesheet has been filed under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant or by banker, merchant or agent) and 420 (cheating), and sections 4 and 6 of the Prize Chit and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978,” said a CBI official.
The central agency, along with the enforcement directorate, had questioned some high-profile people. Among those arrested were former IPS officer Rajat Majumder, East Bengal club official Debabrata Sarkar and businessman Sandhir Agarwal.
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