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“He said the Saradha scam was first probed by the Biddhanagar Commissionerate, then by the State government and then by the CBI. He underscored the gaps in the investigation in the Saradha and Rose Valley chit fund scam cases. After a meeting with CBI officials here on Wednesday, Mr.
Asthana said the pace of the investigation in the four years since the CBI had taken over the Saradha Chit Fund case was “dismal,” a senior official of the agency said. In 2014, the Supreme Court handed over the case to the CBI that has, however, failed to make any breakthrough. Mr.
Asthana met the officials at the CBI office for five hours, and was briefed of the status of the case..