In what could further embarrass the ruling Trinamool Congress ahead of the coming Assembly elections, the Central Bureau of Investigation probing the Saradha and other chit fund cases has slapped notices on party Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Gupta and his lok Sabha colleague Shatabdi Roy.
Two other party MPs have also been served notices, sources said adding one of them comes from North Bengal.
Two other notables who have been asked to meet the CBI officials at the CGO office in Salt lake are pro-Trinamool businessman Shivaji Panja and Soumendu Adhikary Kanthi Municipality Chairman. Adhikary’s father Sisir Adhikary and elder brother Subhendu are Trinamool MPs. One of his brothers is a Trinamool MlA.
The CBI is known to have asked Gupta to explain his financial transactions with the Saradha Group by 23rd of this month sources said. Apart from asking him to submit relevant documents he has also been asked to explain the reason why about `30 lakh was transferred from Saradha to his personal account.
Gupta who was reportedly not in Kolkata is known to have told the CBI that he would soon return and meet them.
Panja a known Mamata Banerjee loyalist has also been asked to submit the relevant papers regarding his transactions with the Saradha group.
The junior Adhikary has been asked to explain his municipality’s conduct in dealing with jailed Saradha boss Sudipto Sen.
According to sources the CBI is not satisfied with the papers Soumendu has submitted with the Agency related to a land-deal between the Saradha group and the Kanthi Municipality in East Midnapore district.
He had earlier sent the papers to CGO complex via an Executive Engineer.
The Kanthi Municipality had allegedly cleared a housing project of the Saradha group involving several crores of rupees. The project is currently lying idle. The CBI has asked the junior Adhikary to appear personally with relevant papers and explain his conduct sources said.