Saradha scam case: Kolkata HC allows Bengal Police to probe Suvendu Adhikari

The Kolkata High Court on Wednesday allowed Bengal Police to probe Leader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari in Saradha chit fund scam case.

TN National Desk

Updated Sep 28, 2022, 19:15 IST

Suvendu Adhikari has been accused of being a beneficiary in the multi-crore scam.

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Kolkata: In a setback for Leader of Opposition in Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday allowed West Bengal Police to conduct its own enquiry against in Saradha chit fund scam.

Suvendu Adhikari has been accused of being a beneficiary in the multi-crore scam.

The Saradha Group founder and Chairman, Sudipta Sen had sent a letter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) accusing Adhikari of being a beneficiary in the scam. On the basis of that letter, Kanthi police station in East Midnapore district had sent notice to Adhikari.

To challenge the notice, Adhikari filed a petition before the division bench of Chief Justice, Prakash Srivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj. In his plea, he argues that the state police cannot run a parallel probe as CBI is already conducting a probe in the matter.

Earlier this month, BJP had accused Mamata Banerjee of pressurizing the West Bengal CID to falsely implicate Suvendu Adhikari. Taking to Twitter, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya shared a copy of a letter written by Sarbani Mukherjee, the mother of Saradha chit fund scam accused Debjani Mukherjee, alleging that her daughter was threatened that if she doesn't name Adhikari, cases will be filed against her.

"A desperate Mamata Banerjee is using Bengal CID to put pressure on under trials in the Sarada scam to implicate BJP’s LoP Suvendu Adhikari. She must realise her defeat at his hands in Nandigram was just the beginning of the end of her draconian regime in WB. She will fail, again," he tweeted.

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