Saradha Ponzi Scheme Scam

The CBI on Monday carried out searches at the offices of three Securities and Exchange Board of India officials in connection with their alleged role in saving Saradha ponzi scheme operators, officials said.

Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar has been given protection from arrest by the Calcutta High Court in the in the Saradha chit fund scam. The IPS officer is accused of destroying evidence related to the Ponzi scheme when he was heading the probe.

The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has asked the West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) to provide the contact details of former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, sources said today.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will call on Union Home Minister Amit Shah today, leading to speculation that the meeting might be over former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who is under the CBI's scanner, sources said, according to news agency Press Trust of India.

Former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Tuesday failed to get relief from the Barasat District and Sessions Court on his anticipatory bail plea in the Saradha chitfund case.

Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar failed to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI this morning in connection with the Saradha ponzi scam case, increasing the possibility of his arrest by the agency during the day, sources said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has been probing the money laundering aspect of the multi-crore Saradha ponzi scheme, on Wednesday interrogated suspended Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh for the second time.

Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar should not be allowed to leave the country, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has said in a lookout notice to airports and ports in connection with its probe into the Saradha chit fund scam in West Bengal. Mr Kumar is accused of destroying evidence related to the Ponzi scheme when he was heading the...

Seeking to sternly deal with the ponzi menace, the government has proposed imprisonment of up to 10 years and fine of up to Rs 50 crore under a new draft bill for those running illicit money deposit schemes.

The Central Bureau of Investigation's Special Crime Branch, which is probing Saradha ponzi scheme scam, today said it will move a higher court against the bail granted to West Bengal minister Madan Mitra, who was arrested by the investigating agency.

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of Bengal, said her party winning two important elections in the state today is "a miracle" which proves that her party, the Trinamool Congress, has not been impacted by either the Saradha scam - a multi-crore Ponzi scheme that bankrupted thousands of small investors - or reports of raging internal dissent within the...

Pushed to the wall by CBI in Saradha scam, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today took over the part affairs and asked its leaders to prepare a list of those in the opposition who have been associated with ponzi scheme companies.

West Bengal Transport and Sports Minister Madan Mitra, who was arrested in the multi-crore-rupee Saradha scam, is likely to be discharged from hospital Saturday as tests done on him have not revealed anything significant, a hospital official said.

A delegation of Left Front leaders from West Bengal today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding coordinated investigation by various Central probe agencies into the Saradha chit fund scam and other such ponzi schemes.

Three prominent West Bengal politicians have been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation today in Kolkata in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.

The CBI on Monday carried out searches at the offices of three Securities and Exchange Board of India officials in connection with their alleged role in saving Saradha ponzi scheme operators, officials said.

Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar has been given protection from arrest by the Calcutta High Court in the in the Saradha chit fund scam. The IPS officer is accused of destroying evidence related to the Ponzi scheme when he was heading the probe.

The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has asked the West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) to provide the contact details of former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, sources said today.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will call on Union Home Minister Amit Shah today, leading to speculation that the meeting might be over former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who is under the CBI's scanner, sources said, according to news agency Press Trust of India.

Former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Tuesday failed to get relief from the Barasat District and Sessions Court on his anticipatory bail plea in the Saradha chitfund case.

Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar failed to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI this morning in connection with the Saradha ponzi scam case, increasing the possibility of his arrest by the agency during the day, sources said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has been probing the money laundering aspect of the multi-crore Saradha ponzi scheme, on Wednesday interrogated suspended Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh for the second time.

Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar should not be allowed to leave the country, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has said in a lookout notice to airports and ports in connection with its probe into the Saradha chit fund scam in West Bengal. Mr Kumar is accused of destroying evidence related to the Ponzi scheme when he was heading the...

Seeking to sternly deal with the ponzi menace, the government has proposed imprisonment of up to 10 years and fine of up to Rs 50 crore under a new draft bill for those running illicit money deposit schemes.

The Central Bureau of Investigation's Special Crime Branch, which is probing Saradha ponzi scheme scam, today said it will move a higher court against the bail granted to West Bengal minister Madan Mitra, who was arrested by the investigating agency.

Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of Bengal, said her party winning two important elections in the state today is "a miracle" which proves that her party, the Trinamool Congress, has not been impacted by either the Saradha scam - a multi-crore Ponzi scheme that bankrupted thousands of small investors - or reports of raging internal dissent within the...

Pushed to the wall by CBI in Saradha scam, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today took over the part affairs and asked its leaders to prepare a list of those in the opposition who have been associated with ponzi scheme companies.

West Bengal Transport and Sports Minister Madan Mitra, who was arrested in the multi-crore-rupee Saradha scam, is likely to be discharged from hospital Saturday as tests done on him have not revealed anything significant, a hospital official said.

A delegation of Left Front leaders from West Bengal today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding coordinated investigation by various Central probe agencies into the Saradha chit fund scam and other such ponzi schemes.

Three prominent West Bengal politicians have been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation today in Kolkata in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.