The Alipore court acquitted the prime accused Lalu Alam stating that there is no evidence against him and no chance that witnesses would turn up in the case.
The Saradha Ponzi scheme is the most high-profile ponzi scam in the state of WB where millions of small investors were cheated of about 200 billion rupees.
The victim, who is a resident of Saptibari panchayat area in Maynaguri belongs to a poor family. She alleged that they had paid Rs.7,000 bribe for allocation of a house under the government scheme.
43 BJYM members arrested in Siliguri, Bengal as they were protesting against being denied permission to hold a rally in support of the repealing of Article 370
Kashmir Reorganisation Bill stripping Article 370 and declaring JK as Union Territory was passed in Rajya Sabha with 125 Ayes and 61 Nos. It is currently being presented in the Lok Sabha.
TMC in the Parliament had yesterday opposed the move of diluting Article 370 in state of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating it into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.