Sudipta met Roy,Ghosh before leaving Kolkata

Saradha group CMD Sudipta Sen had convened a meeting with Trinamool Congress leaders Mukul Roy and Kunal Ghosh at the Midland Park office

Saradha group CMD Sudipta Sen had convened a meeting with Trinamool Congress leaders Mukul Roy and Kunal Ghosh at the Midland Park office on April 6,just before embarking on the journey that ended with his arrest in Sonmarg. This was revealed by Sen during interrogation by the police on Sunday.

During the meeting,they reportedly discussed the poor financial condition of the company. Sen also revealed that the employees were not getting provident fund and other benefits. However,the TMC leaders did not take any initiative nor give advice on how to revive the business,even though they had known for a long time that the business was not sustainable,Sen alleged.

The companys virtual No. 2 Debjani Mukherjee had accompanied Sen to the office,but she did not attend the meeting,it was learnt.

Arnab Ghosh,DC DD Biddhanngar Commissionerate,did not want to divulge details but said they had received some vital information from Sen today.

The details revealed today tie in with Sens letter to the CBI,in which he had mentioned that he had been blackmailed by TMC MPs at various times. The letter reportedly describes how Sen was forced to take over an ailing and loss-making motorbike manufacturing unit in Polba near Singur by a business lobby close to the Trinamool government. it mentions that the TMC MPs promised Sen a free run in his businesses without any government interruption and intervention.

During questioning,Sen also disclosed details of deposits at his two most profitable offices in South and North 24 Parganas. The Saradha groups two most profitable money collection centres were at Barasat in North 24-Parganas and Baruipur in South 24-Parganas. Sen told police that he had a lot of property,including land and real estate businesses,in the two districts and it helped him to attract more investors.

Every day,around Rs 10 lakh was deposited in the Barasat branch of the group,Debjani revealed. Officials from Barasat used to send the money to the Midland Park office in Salt Lake in a car. She said that Mitali Banerjee was the director of the Barasat zone,though Sen was the one in control. Later,Sen removed Mitali from the directors post without citing any specific reason and gave additional responsibility to Arindam Das,who was in-charge of the business in South 24-Parganas.

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The police came to know Debjani had been to the groups Barasat office twice - once to take rest while returning to the city from the Malda office and a second time with Sen to hold a meeting with agents.

A retired assistant commissio-ner of police,Bangshibadan Modak,was interrogated this evening. The officer used to work as the transport supervisor at Saradha and was apparently in the know of how the companys vehicles were being used to bring in money from branch offices to its Salt Lake headquarters.