Former Union minister Matang Sinh's Rs 100cr property attached

Former Union minister Matang Sinh's Rs 100cr property attached



ED Calls TMC MP Arpita Ghosh For Questioning Again
Former Union minister Matang Sinh, whose arrest in the Saradha scam led to the removal of home secretary Anil Goswami, is in fresh trouble. Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached property worth Rs 100 crore belonging to Sinh in Delhi NCR. This is in addition to Rs 200 crore worth of property already attached by the agency in Mumbai and Assam. ED sources said two flats (7B and 7C) belonging to Sinh in Doctor’s Lane of Gole Market in New Delhi were attached by the agency. Apart from this, two more properties (A29 and A30) in Sector 4 of Noida where Sinh had opened the corporate office of M3M Media were attached by the agency. On December 23, ED had attached a flat belonging to Sinh in Versova, Mumbai and an entire building (the NETV building) in Guwahati. While the cumulative deed value of all these properties is only Rs 48 crore, the market value goes over Rs 300 crore.
According to ED sources, Sinh had entered into an agreement with Saradha MD Sudipta Sen to start a TV channel. For this, he had received Rs 28 crore. There was allegedly also an illegal transfer of shares between the two parties. Part of this money flowed into purchase of the said properties.
Meanwhile, ED has summoned TMC MP Arpita Ghosh for a second round of questioning on February 13 in connection with the scam probe. “Some of the Saradha money had gone to her as well. In the last questioning, she could not provide details of some bank accounts. We want her to furnish the same now,“ said an ED official.
Sinh was recently arrested by CBI in Kolkata and was charged with criminal conspiracy , cheating and misappropriation of funds related to Saradha Realty, one of the companies of the group which is being probed by the agency .Sinh had allegedly been using the name of a senior bureaucrat to get deals settled and getting work done.
Sinh takes refuge in hospital a second time, CBI fails to get his custody
Kolkata: The CBI on Friday failed to get the custody of former Union minister Matang Sinh, who was arrested in connection with the Saradha scam. Sinh to ok refuge in the jail hos pital after being rel eased from the state run SSKM hospital on Friday evening.
He complained of a stomach ache just after his arrest and was rus hed to SSKM hospital.
The CBI had to make a paper production and Sinh was sent in jail custody for 13 days. On Thursday, Sinh was released from SSKM hospital and the CBI decided to produce him before the court on Friday.
After entering Alipore Correctional Home, Sinh complained of chest pain. He was rushed to the jail hospital. On Friday, the medical superintendent of Alipore Correctional Home wrote to court officials that Sinh would not be able to appear before court on Friday as he was not medically fit. Sources in the correctional home said that doctors were monitoring his physical parameters and nothing abnormal has been found so far. TNN

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