Bengali movie star Prasenjit Chatterjee appears for ED interrogation in connection with Rose Valley probe

Bengali film actor Prasenjit Chatterjee on Friday appeared before Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers in Salt Lake in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund probe. His statement is being recorded.

Yesterday, another Tollywood movie star, Rituparna Sengupta had appeared before the ED officers and was interrogated for over seven hours and her statement was recorded.

Sources said that the ED officers have come across several inputs after interrogating Rose Valley owner Gautam Kundu in prison and the series of summons have been issued to various people accordingly.

Chatterjee had apparently attended some programmes organised by Rose Valley, and the ED authorities are interested in learning the details of the association, and whether or not this had any financial bearing.

Sengupta had allegedly travelled abroad with Rose Valley funds and was connected to the group in various ways, so the Central investigating agency officers want to probe the financial aspects of the link, if any. The company is charged with duping hundreds of investors in West Bengal and in some other states. There are allegations of transferring a huge amount of money abroad, and the ED authorities want to find out whether this is true and how it may have been done.

Earlier this month, ED officers interrogated Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund probe. Another Trinamool Congress leader, the party’s MP Satabdi Roy, has been called by the Central investigating agency in connection with the Saradha chit fund probe.

ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have been conducting the two probes and several key persons are being questioned in this context.

Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh was also interrogated earlier this week. Among others, businessman Shibaji Panja, artist Suvaprasanna and former CPIM leader Lakshman Seth have also been interrogated by the two central investigating agencies.