Development comes three weeks after the arrest of Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Srinjoy Bose.
In a major development concerning the ongoing investigation in the multi-crore Saradha scam the
Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested West Bengal Transport Minster and senior Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra.
Mr. Mitra, perceived to be close to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is an important Minister in her cabinet. He is the first Minister in West Bengal to be arrested by the CBI in the Saradha case
“CBI has arrested Madan Mitra, a Cabinet Minister in the Government of West Bengal on prima facie evidence of criminal conspiracy, cheating and misappropriation as well as deriving undue financial benefits from the Saradha Scam,” a senior official of the CBI told The Hindu.
(the hindu)