{"id":36185,"date":"2014-12-12T16:02:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T10:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=36185"},"modified":"2014-12-12T16:02:28","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T10:32:28","slug":"saradha-scam-bengal-minister-mitra-arrives-cbi-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/saradha-scam-bengal-minister-mitra-arrives-cbi-office","title":{"rendered":"Saradha scam: Bengal minister Mitra arrives in CBI office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>West Bengal Transport Minister <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Madan Mitra <\/span>Friday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id933\">Mitra, who was summoned by the <a id=\"ms__id934\" class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=Cbi\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">CBI <\/span><\/span><\/a>for the second time, reached the CGO Complex here at 11 a.m, officials said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id935\">The CBI had summoned Mitra November 18 for the first time but he could not appear on health ground.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id936\">After undergoing treatment at a private hospital initially, on Nov 20 Mitra was admitted to the state-run S S K M Hospital from where he was discharged November 26.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id937\">Denying any involvement in the scam, Mitra after getting discharged from the hospital, had asserted he would cooperate with the CBI whenever it called him for questioning.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id938\">The legislator from the Kamarhati assembly constituency had appeared as a guest in several Saradha programmes where he had praised group promoter and scam kingpin Sudipta Sen for generating employment.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id939\">The CBI had earlier grilled Mitra&#8217;s former confidential assistant Bapi Karim.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id940\">Mitra is the second state minister to be grilled by the CBI, earlier Textile Minister <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Shyamapada<\/span><a id=\"ms__id941\" class=\"storyTags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/search?type=news&amp;q=Shyamapada+Mukherjee\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Mukherjee <\/span>was questioned.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ms__id942\">A few Trinamool leaders including Rajya Sabha members Kunal Ghosh and Srinjoy Bose are behind the bars in connection with the scam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra Friday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam. 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