famous junior in west bengal magician pc government ,PC Sorcar) was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday in connection with the ongoing investigation into the alleged chit fund scam. More than Rs 790 crore of investors’ capital was lost in this scam. He said that soon after the government reached the ED office in Salt Lake on Friday afternoon, ED officials started interrogating him. According to central agencies, the scam allegedly pertains to two companies identified as Pincon Group and Tower Infotech Limited.
ED searches magician’s Ballygunge residence
The ED officer said, “We are interrogating the government regarding the chit fund case. We have to find out whether he was involved in any way or not. The official said that a few days ago, ED had detained a senior official of ‘Tower Group’ and during his interrogation, Sarkar’s name had come up. In 2021, CBI had searched the magician’s residence in Ballygunge in connection with the same case.
ED had also seized important documents from the residence
ED officials have reactivated their operation in the case at the beginning of the year. At that time mainly two chit fund institutions, Tower Group and Pincon Group, were on the radar of CBI officials. ED officials had also conducted a raid and search operation at the residence of Ramendu Chattopadhyay in Howrah district adjacent to Kolkata in West Bengal. ED officials had also seized important documents from his residence at that time.