New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday declined to grant bail to former union minister Matang Sinh, one of the accused in Saradha chit-fund scam, saying he will have to wait till the CBI investigation into the case gets over. Declining bail to Sinh, the apex court bench comprising Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice V. Gopala Gowda said he could make a fresh plea for bail after investigation on his involvement was over.
“Home secretary of the government of India loses his job and you say that he is not well-connected,” Justice Thakur said as Rawal sought to dispel the court’s impression saying: “No, he is not at all well-connected.”
Former union home secretary Anil Goswami was removed from his coveted post after it surfaced that he had allegedly tried to stall Sinh’s arrest by the CBI over his alleged involvement in the Saradha chit-fund scam. Sinh was the minister of state for parliamentary affairs from 1991-96 in the then prime minister P.V. Narasmiha Rao’s government.
