ED files chargesheet against P Chidambaram's wife in Saradha case
Times of India | 6 July 2024
KOLKATA: ED on Friday submitted its third supplementary chargesheet in Saradha chit fund case in West Bengal, naming Nalini Chidambaram there.
Nalini is wife of Congress Rajya Sabha member and ex-Union minister, P Chidambaram. However, the special court has not accepted the chargesheet as yet, raising some technical questions regarding the inclusion of Nalini's name.
The court observed that cognisance in the matter would be established only after the central agency furnishes more substantiating documents on this count to it.
Sources said ED counsel, on Friday afternoon submitted a 1,100-page compiled document at the special court of PMLA in Kolkata, which included the main chargesheet of 65 pages.
Sources said the central agency has claimed that Nalini received Rs 1.5 crore from Saradha Group's founder chairman Sudipta Sen. ED further claimed, that although Nalini has said that she received the money as legal consultancy fee as a tax consultant, she could not furnish any supporting documents for that.
Court observed that it will take cognisance in the matter only if the central agency submits more substantiating proof to the satisfaction of the court.