An Assam police team is leaving West Bengal to seek the remand of Sudipta Sen a day after the Saradha Group chief was brought to Kolkata.
According to sources, the team would interrogate Sen in connection with the chit-fund scam. He said three staff-members of Saradha Group were arrested in 2012 in connection with a cheating case in Jorhat.
So far, 222 cases have been registered against 128 chit fund companies in the State. A Special Investigation Team probing the cases has so far filed charge sheets against 42 persons and 15 companies in 17 cases. So far, 303 persons have been arrested. Nearly Rs. 94 lakh in cash has been seized and amount of Rs. 24 crore frozen. Police have seized 106 bank accounts have been frozen while steps are being taken for the attachment of a number of landed properties including 99 bighas of land and buildings which have been identified.
The companies now under scanner are Saradha Group, Rose Valley, Unipay 2U, Jeevan Suraksha, Prayag, Abyss Assam Group Co, Basil International Ltd., Alliance Vision Marketing Pvt. Ltd and Daffodils Group of Companies.
AGP is gearing up for Lok Sabha polls amid speculations that the regional party is likely to go it alone in the upcoming polls.The party is understood to have finalized the candidates for 8 seats. Dr Arun Sarma will contest from Lakhimpur while Birendra Prasad Baishya will be AGP candidate for Guwahati.Pradeep Hazarika is candidate for Jorhat while Anup Phukan will contest from Dibrugarh. The party retains Joseph Toppo in Tezpur while Pradyut Bora will contest from Nagaon. Nurul Hussian will contest from Dhubri seat.
The Golaghat district administration has banned manufacturing and packing by Golden Eagle Tea industries hours after a woman died of tea poisoning on Saturday.A woman died after she consumed a cup of tea brewing trouble for a tea company.The incident took place at Aathkhelia area in the district where identified as Pramolota Saikia, fell sick along with her husband and son after sipping tea in the morning.
Properties worth one crore were reduced to ashes when a three storied caught fire in Guwahati on Saturday.The incident took at Barowari in Ujanbazar areas where the fire is believed to have originated from the burst of a cooking gas cylinder. There was no casualty. Five fire fighters arrived the spot.But by then the fire engulfed the entire building rapidly reducing properties worth to the tune of one crore.
A woman died after she consumed a cup of tea brewing trouble for a tea company.The incident took place at Aathkhelia area in the district where identified as Pramolota Saikia, fell sick along with her husband and son after sipping tea in the morning.According to information, the trio complained of uneasiness and vomiting half an hour after consuming tea of Golden Eagle brand of Binani Group.Premolota died in the morning while husband and son are undergoing treatment in Golaghat Civil Hospital.
Racial discrimination against north east people refuses to die down in New Delhi. This time the victim is a girl from Manpur.It took place at Vijaynagar area in the capital where two youths molested and assaulted the girl in front of his brother.Police have caught one of the duo after the victim lodged a complaint in Model Town police station. Search is on for the miscreant on the run.
Akhil Gogoi is likely to land in trouble. Puaram Sarania’s father has filed an FIR against the KMSS president alleging his involvement in the recent self immolation of his son in Dispur.Sarania on Friday went to the Tangla police station and blamed it all on Gogoi for his son’s death after the self-immolation attempt.Notably, Dispur police station alone has two cases pending against Gogoi.
Both the Union ministers would contest in the heir home seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.The ruling party has finalized the first list of the poll candidates including 6 seats in Assam. Apart from the two ministers Ranne Narah from Lakhimpur, Pawan Singh Ghatowar in Dibrugarh, the party will retain BK Handique in Jorhat and Biren Singh Engti in Diphu. Gaurav Gogoi will contest in Kaliabor while Manas Bora will contest from Guwahati.The list is expected to be announced at an time. Seven other seats would be finalized in a day or two.
Former Union home secretary GK Pillai is scheduled to visit BTAD areas on March 4.The schedule was finalized in New Delhi on Friday when the union home ministry officials held talks with several Bodo organizations.ABSU and BPPF have opposed the one member panel of expert set up to study and examine the demands.
RAJU BARUAH FROM TEZPURA road accident has created no less tension in Tezpur on Friday where an irate mob spared not even policemen and journalist.The road accident took place at 11 in the morning where a women, identified as Rubia Begum, was killed on the spot at Bhitior pora under Mohabhoirab police outpost.Local residents in large number who took to the street turned violent where policemen who rushed to the spot were attacked along with media people.Senior police officials rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
The AG-BJP pre poll alliance seems to have mired in uncertainty again if Sarbananda Sonowal is to be beleived. AGP top leaders are camping in New Delhi to ensure the pact. But state BJP unit is averse to it.State party unit president Sarbananda Sonowal told reporters in Dibrugarh that the talks for poll alliance has not progressed a lot.According to him, the grassroot level party workers are not interested in forging any tie up with the regional party.
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Rose Valley will be next.
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