ED grills editor of Bengali newspaper, his wife

The Enforcement Directorate Wednesday grilled senior journalist and editor of Bengali daily Ei Samay Suman Chatterjee and his wife Kasturi Chatterjee for several hours in connection with the Saradha financial scam. Suman had appeared before the investigators last week too.

Sources said Suman had taken “unsecured loans” from three “chit fund companies”, including Saradha Group, and laundered it through two of his publication companies, including Ekdin, a Bengali daily, and Disha, a Bengali magazine. While he sold Disha to one of those chit fund groups, he reportedly still owns Ekdin.

It was learnt that Suman took Rs 5 crore from Saradha Group of companies, which has already been traced by the investigators. The sources further added that Suman returned some of the amount to the Saradha Group. However, to do so, he borrowed money from two other chit fund groups.

Kasturi, his wife, who is also a share holder in his company, Wednesday, reportedly told the investigators that she did whatever her husband told her to do.