The Central Bureau of Investigation probing the multi-crore Saradha, Rose Valley and other chit fund cases may soon interrogate a number of politicians mostly from the ruling Trinamool Congress, inside sources have said.
Among the leaders likely to be grilled are MPs, a couple of powerful State Ministers who thus far had managed to remain outside the CBI radar, sources said. Among those who have already been questioned by the CBI are State Ministers Madan Mitra, now in jail, SP Mukheree, MPs Arpita Ghosh, Mukul Roy, Tapas Paul, Ahmed Hasan, Srinjoy Bose who subsequently resigned from his post.
Paul had recently been grilled by the CBI for six long hours. Sources said he could once again be called to clarify on some statements which he had made during the interrogation.
The leaders are likely to be summoned soon after Diwali, sources said. “The agency has found certain inconsistencies in the statements of some politicians interrogated earlier in the Saradha case. These people would soon be called for additional explanation,” sources said. Sources however remained non-committal on whether new arrests could be made.
The CBI had enough documentary evidence to show how the Bengal ruling party’s income had increased by leaps and bounds between 2010 and 2013. Incidentally this was the time when the Saradha’s business had also expanded fast, sources said adding the agency wanted to know the role of some leaders in the entire transactions.
Meanwhile, after floating a new Nationalist Trinamool Congress the followers of sidelined Trinamool MP Mukul Roy were planning to launch a party magazine during Diwali sources said.
The new magazine would raise a host of issues like alleged false promises made to the farmers and workers of Bengal by present Government.
The magazine could also carry articles on the “false promises” made to the Muslim community “in order to garner votes.”
While according to Sacchhar Committee report only 2 per cent Muslims got Government jobs during the left regime the percentage had come down to about 1.67 per cent during the Trinamool rule.
A debate likely to organized during the launch of the new magazine may also raise such issues, sources said.