Kolkata : Saradha group chairman Sudipta Sen, prime accused in the multi-crore chitfund scam, yesteday prayed before the Calcutta High Court that a special court be formed to try all cases filed against him, claiming he was ill and overstressed since his arrest in April this year .
Appearing before Justice A K Banerjee and Justice D Basak, Sen's counsel claimed the government was yet to form a special court, as suggested by the High Court in its earlier order, for hearing all cases with regard to the Saradha scam, which runs into thousands of crores of Rupees.
The counsel sought direction to the state government to form a special court to hear all cases pending before different courts in West Bengal in connection with the scam. The counsel claimed Sen had lost 30 kgs of bodyweight since his incarceration in April, when he was arrested from a hotel at Sonmarg in Jammu and Kashmir.
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