Saradha case: Matang Sinh arrested by CBI

The CBI on Saturday arrested former Congress minister and MP, Matang Sinh in connection with the Saradha scam. The arrest came after it had been found that he had some alleged business dealings with the Saradha group.

‎CBI sources say that further to raid conducted by them at Sinh's office incriminating documents were found and on investigation it was found he had some dealings with Saradha mastermind Sudipta Sen.

Raids were conducted last year

During the raids that were conducted at Sinh's residence last year several documents were seized. It was found that was a transaction of 2010 between Sen and Matang Sinh.

However Sinh who was also questioned by the Enforcement Directorate Had told them he never went ahead with the deal. He had infact cancelled it and Sen owed him money.

Sen had in his letter spoken in length about the deal. However Sinh had then claimed that Sen was adding names without any reason as he wanted to drag in the big names.