Kolkata: Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Asif Khan, who left the party after he alleged involvement of top party leadership in the Saradha chit fund scam, was arrested on charges of fraud.
Khan was reportedly arrested from the Tiljala area in South-east Kolkata by the personnel of Bidhannagar police Commissionerate.
Khan is known to be a close associate of TMC national general secretary and former railway minister Mukul Roy.
The Kolkata-based Saradha Group, ponzi scheme had over 10,000 registered chit funds across the country and with an aggregate turnover of Rs.30, 000 crore per annum.
The Saradha Group is said to have defrauded thousands of investors, including poor people, in West Bengal, leading to the arrest of its owner Sudipto Sen.
Earlier in October, the CBI filed its first chargesheet in the Saradha chit fund scam against Sudipto Sen, Devjani Mukherjee and suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh.
