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Tightening its noose around Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, the Enforcement Directorate has summoned him to appear before it on July 19 in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam.
A senior ED official told IANS that Chatterjee would be questioning under the money laundering act. The ED registered a case on the basis of an FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
According to ED officials, the Rose Valley ponzi scheme scam run by the Group’s Chairman Gautam Kundu was unearthed in 2013.
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The group allegedly floated 27 companies to run various schemes. It allegedly collected Rs 17,520 crore from depositors in West Bengal, Assam and Bihar.