CBI officials interrogate Bengal tourism secretary in Saradha

Officials of the economic offences wing of CBI on Thursday interrogated West Bengal tourism secretary Atri Bhattacharya in connection with the multi-crore Saradha ponzi scam, investigative agency sources said. Bhattacharya is the first secretary-level officer to face interrogation in connection with the scam.

The CBI officials interrogated Bhattacharya at his office at the New Secretariat building, where the tourism department is housed. "The interrogation was part of the investigation into the Saradha scam," a CBI source told PTI.

The tainted and now-defunct Saradha group had been running schemes defrauding thousands of investors with promises of higher returns before collapsing in April, 2013. PTI dc KK KK KK.