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ED quizzes Aparna over Saradha scam, filmmaker denies any role
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IBNS): Celebrated filmmaker Aparna Sen was on Monday quizzed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Saradha chit fund scam since she had headed a women magazine started by the group as editor, even as the actress-director-editor denied any role in the monetary transactions of the company that went bust last year rolling with it many heads from the world of politics and other walks of life.
Sen, who had headed a magazine called Paroma launched by Saradha group, was quizzed by the ED for nearly six hours here.
"The ED wanted to know about monetary transactions of the group since I was the editor of one of their magazines. I have told them that I had no hand in the monetary transactions as it never happened at my level. I have also told them that I want the guilty to be punished and I will cooperate with their investigations in every possible manner that I can," Sen was quoted as saying by CNN-IBN as she left the office.
The ED also summoned West Bengal Textile Minister Shyamapada Mukherjee.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said it had conducted searches at 60 locations across the nation in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.
The Saradha Group that went bust last year left lakhs of depositors in a fix.
Sudipta Sen, the Chairman and Managing Director of Saradha Group, which allegedly defrauded thousands of small investors, is now in jail in the ponzi scam.
Sen and Saradha Group director Debjani Mukherjee were arrested in April 2013 from Jammu and Kashmir.
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