<p>The Enforcement Directorate on Monday said it has filed a fresh charge sheet in the Saradha Group money laundering case and named a former DGP and an ex-CPM MLA as accused.</p>.<p>The second supplementary prosecution complaint was filed on August 21 before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Kolkata and the court took cognisance of the charge sheet on that day itself, the federal agency said in a statement.</p>.Special court serves copy of ED chargesheet to Senthil Balaji, extends remand till September 15.<p>Those named as accused in the latest charge sheet are Rajat Kumar Majumder, the former DGP of West Bengal armed police, Debendranath Biswas, a former Indian Police Service officer and ex-CPM MLA, Debabrata Sarkar, an executive committee member of the East Bengal Club, and Sandhir Agarwal, Sajjan Agarwal, Naresh Balodia and Anubhuti Printers and Publication Private Limited, Guwahati, a company owned by late Anjan Dutta, a former Assam cabinet minister and president of state Congress party, it said.</p>.<p>They have been accused of "acquiring" proceeds of crime from Saradha Group of companies and concealing and projecting it as untainted property, it added.</p>.<p>According to the ED, the Saradha Group was engaged in illegal collection of a huge sum from innocent investors in large parts of eastern India during 2009-2013 without any due permission from regulatory authorities.</p>.<p>"Subsequently, Saradha Group diverted the funds collected from the public for the personal benefits of promoters and defaulted on repayment to investors," it said.</p>.<p>The agency had earlier issued nine attachment orders for seizing assets worth Rs 380 crore in this case.</p>.<p>The ED filed a criminal case against the Saradha Group and its promoters in 2013 after studying some Kolkata Police FIRs registered against the accused.</p>
<p>The Enforcement Directorate on Monday said it has filed a fresh charge sheet in the Saradha Group money laundering case and named a former DGP and an ex-CPM MLA as accused.</p>.<p>The second supplementary prosecution complaint was filed on August 21 before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Kolkata and the court took cognisance of the charge sheet on that day itself, the federal agency said in a statement.</p>.Special court serves copy of ED chargesheet to Senthil Balaji, extends remand till September 15.<p>Those named as accused in the latest charge sheet are Rajat Kumar Majumder, the former DGP of West Bengal armed police, Debendranath Biswas, a former Indian Police Service officer and ex-CPM MLA, Debabrata Sarkar, an executive committee member of the East Bengal Club, and Sandhir Agarwal, Sajjan Agarwal, Naresh Balodia and Anubhuti Printers and Publication Private Limited, Guwahati, a company owned by late Anjan Dutta, a former Assam cabinet minister and president of state Congress party, it said.</p>.<p>They have been accused of "acquiring" proceeds of crime from Saradha Group of companies and concealing and projecting it as untainted property, it added.</p>.<p>According to the ED, the Saradha Group was engaged in illegal collection of a huge sum from innocent investors in large parts of eastern India during 2009-2013 without any due permission from regulatory authorities.</p>.<p>"Subsequently, Saradha Group diverted the funds collected from the public for the personal benefits of promoters and defaulted on repayment to investors," it said.</p>.<p>The agency had earlier issued nine attachment orders for seizing assets worth Rs 380 crore in this case.</p>.<p>The ED filed a criminal case against the Saradha Group and its promoters in 2013 after studying some Kolkata Police FIRs registered against the accused.</p>