A furious Trinamool Congress has got the Bengal Police to lodge a suo moto FIR against party MP and businessman KD Singh. The FIR has been filed at Bowbazar Police Station by the Special Investigation Team of the State police probing the multi-crore chit fund cases sources said.
The Pioneer had earlier reported how the a large section of the Bengal ruling party was putting pressure on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a police action as a tit-for-tat for his alleged funding of the Narada expose.
Two more persons Kumarjit Singh and Pawan Verma had been named in the FIR a top police officer said adding the SIT had already started probing the case under various sections like criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy of the IPC.
Earlier a cheating complaint of `2.53 crore was allegedly lodged by a chit fund depositor sources said.
The incident comes close on the heels of Narada News CEO Mathew Sammuels going on record saying that the sting coverage was funded by KD Singh the then owner of Tehelka News in which the Narada owner was a journalist before forming his own news portal.