CBI questions former IAS officer, ED knocks at Mohun Bagan door

Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate Wednesday summoned the officials and the treasurer of Mohun Bagan Club.

Adding to its list of bureaucrats currently under scanner, the CBI on Wednesday interrogated former IAS officer Ratikanta Basu in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. Basu, a retired IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, owned the channels that were later sold to Saradha CMD Sudipta Sen. Bose retired as a top official in the ministry of information and broadcast.

Sources in CBI said Basu was grilled over the sale of three channels to Saradha. Although the three channels were owned by Basu, he is said to have claimed he was “not the principal owner”. These three channels were on air under the brand name ‘Tara’ and were transferred to Sen in 2011. The Enforcement Directorate, too, had questioned Basu last week.

Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate Wednesday summoned the officials and the treasurer of Mohun Bagan Club.

Four officials, including club secretary Debashish Dutta, were interrogated by ED. Dutta told mediapersons they were asked about the club’s sponsorship which was undertaken by Sen for some time. The directorate have already interrogated officials of two clubs, East Bengal Club and Kalighat club , whereas the CBI has arrested a senior club official, Debabrata Sarkar alias Nitu, in the scam.

“As our general secretary (Anjan Mitra) is indisposed, I appeared before the ED. We had a tie-up with Saradha in the 2010-11 season and they asked for papers related to that. I handed them the papers,” Debashis Dutta, finance secretary, Mohun Bagan club, told The Indian Express.

Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram