Enforcement Directorate Summons Trinamool Leader In Saradha Scam: Report
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the money laundering aspect of the multi-crore Saradha scam, on Thursday summoned Vivek Gupta, the Trinamool Congress candidate from Jorasanko assembly constituency.
Sources told news agency PTI that Mr Gupta has been asked to depose before ED officials on Monday.
Meanwhile, businessman Swapan Sadhan Bose who was asked to appear on Thursday in connection with the Saradha scam, is yet to turn up at the CGO complex here, the sources said.
Former Trinamool Congress minister Madan Mitra has been asked to appear before the directorate in connection with the same scam on Friday, according to sources.
Mr Gupta had earlier been summoned by the economic offences wing of CBI in relation to financial transactions which had allegedly taken place between him and the Saradha group.
Thousands of investors have been duped by the Saradha group by means of the fraudulent schemes floated by the firm.
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