Two arrested in chitfund scam case

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Press Trust of India Malda (WB)
Last Updated : Jun 07 2013 | 3:55 PM IST
A man, who was in-charge of the scam-tainted Saradha Group chitfund company in north Bengal and Malda district, and his wife were arrested by police on a complaint that they siphoned off money taken from depositors.
The police today said Debashis Deb Sharma, 50, and his wife Manasi Deb Sharma were arrested last night on a complaint lodged by Ashraful Sheikh at the Chanchal Police Station that Debashis had bought land with depositors' money and later transferred it to his wife.
Malda SP Kalyan Mukherjee said that the duo were today produced in the Chanchal Sub-Divisional Court which remanded them in 10 days' police custody.

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First Published: Jun 07 2013 | 3:55 PM IST

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