From jail, Ghosh writes to PM: ‘CBI probe being influenced for Trinamool support’

“The CBI inquiry is being used to get tacit support from the Trinamool Congress in Parliament,” he said in the letter, adding that the accused in the Saradha scam are being spared selectively.

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He requested Modi to intervene in the probe and “give it the right direction”. Ghosh further said that he is serving time in jail despite being “innocent”, and “actual culprits are moving free by manipulating the investigation politically”. He further added that in last three to four months, the CBI investigation did not make any headway and he had learnt for his “sources in the TMC” that CBI was asked to go slow as the BJP needs support from the ruling party in West Bengal to get some bill passed in Rajya Sabha.

Ghosh has further requested the PM not to compromise with the investigation. He reiterated that the main beneficiary of the scam was Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Ghosh was arrested in 2013 for cheating, breach of trust and criminal conspiracy in a case related to a complaint by a Saradha Group firm called Broadcast Worldwide about its failure to pay salaries to its employees.