In a supplementary charge sheet filed in a court here, the CBI also named Shibnarayan Das -- an advisor of Saradha chief and scam kingpin Sudipta Sen."Sinh and his 4 companies -- NE multimedia, NE Television, Positive Radio and Impulse Production -- have been charged under various sections including cheating and conspiracy," a CBI officer said.
"Shibnarayan Das, one of the original conspirators, has also been charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating, criminal breach of trust by public servant under the Prize Chits & Money Circulation (Banning) Act," added the officer.
Sinh, a former minister of state for parliamentary affairs in the P.V. Narasimha Rao government (1991-96), was arrested on January 31 by the CBI.
Sudipta Sen, now behind bars, in a letter to the CBI, had accused Sinh of cheating him of Rs.28 crore.
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