New Delhi/Kolkata: Sleuths of the CBI raided Monday the offices of three senior SEBI officers in Mumbai. The raids were carried out in connection with the multi-crore rupees Saradha scam. This information was given by sources in the investigating agency here. The CBI sleuths also raided the residences of the three SEBI officers in the western metropolis.
These officers were earlier based in Kolkata. They are alleged to have extended help to the accused in the ponzi scheme scam during 2009 to 2013. In the scam thousands of investors were allegedly duped of their deposits by the Saradha, they said.
The Saradha scam is being probed by the agency under the Supreme Court’s directions. Several accused persons have served jail terms. The owner of the Saradha group of companies, Sudipta Sen is still in prison.
The Supreme Court had handed over the scam probe to the CBI. It had asked the state governments concerned to provide all logistical help to the agency team investigating the matter.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) too is probing the scam. It had interrogated senior Trinamool Congress minister Madan Mitra for being allegedly involved in the case. He was arrested by the CBI in connection with the case in 2014 and was in prison for 21 months.
It should be however, stated here that the investigation into the case gathers momentum whenever elections are on the anvil.
Other Trinamool Congress leaders who have had to spend considerable time in prison were MP Sudeep Bandopadhaya and current spokesperson Kunal Ghosh.
