Former Union minister Matang Sinh after his arrest in Kolkata on Saturday. (Source: Express Photos)Former Union minister Matang Sinh was on Saturday arrested by the CBI in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. The former MP from Assam was booked for “cheating, criminal conspiracy and misappropriation of funds”, a statement issued by the CBI said.
Sinh, who presented himself before the CBI Saturday morning after missing several earlier dates for appearance, was arrested after seven-hour-long questioning. CBI sources said he was arrested for “not cooperating with the investigation” and “trying to hide facts”. Sinh had been earlier questioned by the Enforcement Directorate and Bidhannagar police, as well as a Special Investigating Team formed by the West Bengal government. Sinh is said to have told CBI officials that he had handed over all the relevant documents to the SIT.
A minister in the P V Narasima Rao government, Sinh had been suspended from the Congress a decade ago but was re-inducted a couple of years back.
Saradha Group CMD Sudipta Sen had named Sinh among others in a “tell all” letter to the CBI. Sen had claimed that Sinh had “damaged” his business in “a serious manner”.
CBI sources said Sinh had failed to explain why he had taken money from Sen and where the money went. The money was meant for setting up a news channel in the Northeast.
A Guwahati-based businessman also named by Sen, Rajesh Bajaj, was questioned along with Sinh on Saturday. He was later allowed to go.
PTI added that the interrogation of the recently arrested Saradha Realty director Shibnarayan Das by the CBI had given vital leads on Sinh’s alleged role in the scam.
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