Rose Valley scam: CBI to grill Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Tapas Pal together

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay and fellow MP and Tollywood actor Tapas Pal are likely to be interrogated together in the Rose Valley Group chit fund scam. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources said the two would be seated one-on-one in Salt Lake’s CGO Complex on Wednesday and would be asked about their association with Rose Valley.
Bandopadhyay was arrested on Tuesday by the CBI for his alleged involvement in Rs 15,000 crore (approx) scam.
Bandyopadhyay was arrested hours after he reached the CBI office for questioning. “I have come to clarify my position on whatever questions they have,” he had said before he went inside for questioning. Sudip is the second TMC MP to be arrested in the Rose Valley ponzi scam. On December 30, actor-turned-Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal was arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in the scam.
Tapas Pal's daughter Sohini too appeared before the CBI for interrogation in Bhubaneswar for the second time.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, "Bengal's image has been tarnished by scams." "The case is being directed by the judiciary. I don't see this as a case of political vendetta. But at the same time, the CBI is being used by the Centre," he added.
CPI-M leader Md Salim said, "The arrest is long delayed, but I welcome CBI's decision to arrest Sudip. This investigation must reach Mamata's doorstep. She launched a decibel campaign, because she knew they were going to be arrested. There is no political vendetta."
The Rose Valley scam is believed to be the biggest ponzi fraud in India and the scam itself is at least seven times bigger than Saradha scam.