CBI files supplementary charge sheet in Saradha scam

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jan 04 2016 | 9:13 PM IST
CBI today filed a supplementary charge sheet in Saradha scam against the estranged wife of former Union minister Matang Sinh, Manoranjana Sinh, along with Saradha group Chairman Sudipta Sen and businessman Santanu Ghosh.
CBI's Press Information Officer R K Gaur said the charge sheet has been filed at a special court here.
The agency sources said Sinh, Sen and Ghosh, along with their companies GNN India and Global automobiles, have been charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal breach of trust besides provisions of Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act (PCMC Act), 1978.
The sources said that name of a woman lawyer has also appeared in the charge sheet but not as an accused.
It is alleged that Sinh's company GNN India had received large amount of funds from Saradha group.
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First Published: Jan 04 2016 | 9:13 PM IST

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