The women's wing of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) staged a protest outside the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office in Kolkata on Thursday against their party leaders being quizzed in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit-fund scam.
Earlier on Wednesday, the CBI quizzed TMC Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Bose in connection with the scam.
According to reports, the CBI has registered a total of 48 cases in the Saradha chit fund scam bringing under its lens regulatory body like the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Kunal Ghosh has been named in one of the FIRs along with Sudipta Sen, chairman of the Saradha Group.
There are four FIRs against Saradha Group in which it is alleged that thousands of investors were allegedly duped by the company officials and their associates who swindled their deposits.
The Supreme Court had in May directed the CBI to probe the Saradha scam.
