New Delhi/Kolkata, July 15: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said that it has summoned former Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh in connection with its investigation into Saradha Chit fund scam.

A senior ED official in Delhi told IANS that the agency has summoned Ghosh, to its Kolkata office, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act. Besides Ghosh, the agency has summoned few more people in connection with the case, the official said, but declined to reveal their names. Chit Fund Scam: Ex-Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh's Son Abhishek Booked.

The Saradha scam came to light in April 2013 and is estimated at over Rs 10,000 crore. The ED has filed a case on the basis of the CBI's FIR.

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