Saradha scam: Kunal Ghosh to reveal TMC leaders' names tomorrow

KOLKATA: Apprehending imminent arrest in the Saradha scam, suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh today said that he would reveal the names of party leaders to the police tomorrow and accusing a section of the party leadership of making him a scapegoat.

Ghosh, who said he was still loyal to the party and had not gone beyond party discipline or was involved in any anti-party activity, declared that he would give the names of several Trinamool Congress leaders to the police and the media tomorrow whether he was arrested or not.

The Rajya Sabha MP told a press conference that he would write to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before his interrogation tomorrow demanding an immediate CBI probe into the scam.

He alleged that Saradha Group Chairman Sudipta Sen's letter to the CBI and his disappearance from the city was a part of the plot at the instruction of the party leadership.

"Police have been acting at the directive of the party. Instead of focusing on the Saradha chitfund scam, they are trying to make me a scapegoat by concentrating only on the group's media business and to cover up the scam," he alleged.

Claiming that the party's General Secretary Mukul Roy had "a very good relation" with the Commissioner of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate Rajeev Kumar, he alleged, "He acts at Roy's directive".

The TC MP who broke down during the media conference said, "Those in the party for whom I worked, back-stabbed me after enjoying all the benefits from the Saradha group.