A left parties’ delegation on Thursday urged President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to immediately constitute a coordinated high level team of SEBI, CBI and SFIO to probe the Saradha Group chit fund scam.
The delegation also demanded that steps should be taken to approach Supreme Court and High Courts to attach the properties of the Saradha Group and its tainted owners to return money to the investors.
The delegation comprising MlAs and MPs from West Bengal was led by Sitaram Yechury, Sujya Kanta Misra and Asim Dasgupta. It also met Finance Minister P Chidambaram, whose wife Nalini is reported to have financial dealings with the chit fund scamster Sudipto Sen.
The memorandum also suggested that the probe should be monitored by an appropriate court to ensure delivery of justice to millions of investors in Bengal, Odisha and North Eastern States.
“As several States are involved in this massive fraud of Saradha Group, CBI should immediately be involved in the investigation of this fraud under supervision of appropriate Court. SEBI should also be instructed in coordination with CBI and SFIO to move into this Saradha case immediately, for a proper and comprehensive investigation into the total list of properties including different forms of illegal transfers for immediate attachment and for moving Supreme Court as well as Kolkata High Court for selling of the properties needed for repayment to the depositors without delay, and also for exemplary punishment for the offending persons,” a CPI(M) statement said.