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Saradha: Filmmaker Aparna Sen quizzed by ED

by IBNS 18 Aug 2014, 07:39 am

Kolkata, Aug 18 (IBNS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday quizzed filmmaker Aparna Sen in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam, reports said.

Sen had earlier headed a magazine launched by Saradha group.

The ED has also summoned West Bengal Textile Minister Shyamapada Mukherjee.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said it had conducted searches at 60 locations across the nation in connection with the  Saradha chit fund scam. 

The Saradha Group that went bust last year left lakhs of depositors in a fix. 

Sudipta Sen, the Chairman and Managing Director of Saradha Group, which allegedly defrauded thousands of small investors, is now in jail in the ponzi scam.  

Sen and Saradha Group director Debjani Mukherjee were arrested in April 2013 from Jammu and Kashmir.