The CBI on Wednesday questioned former Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his alleged links with the Saradha Group, an accused entity in the inter-State chit fund scam.
Sarma was asked to appear before the Special Investigation Team headed by Joint Director Rajiv Singh at the CGO Complex in Kolkata and was questioned this morning on his alleged nexus with Saradha promoter Sudipta Sen.
The agency also quizzed him for his alleged role in allowing Saradha to spread its network in Assam and his involvement in business activities of the accused company, sources said.
The agency had searched his premises in connection with the probe into the scam along with former minister Anjan Dutta, who was recently questioned as well, and singer Sadananda Gogoi, who has been arrested in the case.
Sarma was an influential Minister in the Tarun Gogoi Government since 2001 but was dropped earlier this year by the Chief Minister after he spearheaded a campaign to dislodge him.