CBI conducts massive search operation in West Bengal in cheat fund scams
New Delhi, July.1(HS): In compliance of the order of Supreme Court in several cheat fund scams prevailing in West Bengal, CBI is conducting search operation at 22 places in West Bengal, today. During search operation a list of ten beneficiaries of scam extorting money for their end has also been found.
The list includes name of Dipankar Dey of Bankura district, Kaushik Roy of Paschim Medinapur, Kartik Charan of Bankura, Pinku Kumar Das of Hoogly, Saurabh Dey of Kolkata, Prasenjit Sarkar of Hoogly, Arup Kumar Ghosh of Purba Medinipur, Ashish Ghosh of the same Purba Medinipur, Saurabh Dutta of Howrah, Arum Das of the same Howrah and Suraj Jain of Purba Medinipur.
This step of CBI is the follow up action, Supreme Court, earlier, had ordered for investigation of scams rampant in Bengal including Sharda cheat fund scam in which former police commissioner of Kolkata, Rajeev Kumar’s role has been on CBI radar and agency is seeking his custodial interrogation in this case. CBI has doubts that he had disappeared the evidence in the case and matter is still pending in Kolkata High Court on petition filed by Kumar which CBI protested and seeking permission for his arrest in the case.
Even state chief minister, Mamta Banerjea had also intervened when Kumar’s residence was raided by agency sleuth last year but later Mamta reached Kumar’s residence and at her behest all the CBI officials were dragged to police station for alleged tress pass to Kumar’s residence by CBI officials and later they were let off by the police when centre had exerted pressure on state government through chief secretary.
