The CBI probing the larger conspiracy angle in the Sharadha and other chit fund cases on Monday secured permission from a city court to interrogate once again jailed Sharadha boss Sudipto Sen and former State Minister Madan Mitra.
The agency which had recently gathered more evidences was also planning to interrogate Manoranjana Singh former wife of ex-Union Minister and jailed Congress leader Matang Singh, businessman Shantanu Ghosh sources said adding the grilling of former Trinamool Congress general secretary Shankudeb Panda had given the sleuths a lot of clues which had to be counter-checked from the jailed accused.
According to sources the CBI wanted to know whether Mitra was associated with chit fund company Angel Agritech the premises of which company was recently raided. According to sources a relative of Mitra was also on the CBI radar.
CBI officials said they had gathered some information from Panda about some senior party leaders including two Ministers and two MPs and an MlA apart from a senior State party leader. “These leads have to be counter-checked from some of the accused who are currently in jail” based on Panda’s statements. The CBI was also examining the documents provided by Panda sources said.
On whether they would petition the court to take Madan Mitra to some other State in the view of his alleged non-cooperation” with the CBI sources said everything would depend upon whether the former Minister opened his mouth this time.
Meanwhile, sources in the Agency said they were also investigating the role of a few companies — with a turnabout of a few lakh — which had purchased some paintings of a senior Trinamool Congress leader for Rs8 crores or more.