CBI files supplementary charge sheet in a Saradha chit fund case

The CBI on Friday filed a supplementary charge sheet before a court here in a Saradha chit fund scam case naming former Congress MP Matang Sinh and a close aide of Saradha Group chief Sudipto Sen.

The charge sheet, filed before Alipore Court judge Haradhan Mukherjee, also contained the names Sen's aide Shibanarain Das and four companies owned by Matang Sinh, namely NE Multimedia, NE Television, Positive Radio and Impulse Production for offences under sections 120B, 420, 409 of IPC.

Das was named as one of the original conspirators under relevant sections of IPC and Prize Chits and Money Circulation (Banning) Act 1978. Sinh, Sen and Das are now under judicial custody.