<p class="title">The CBI has sought a meeting with the members of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) which was earlier probing the multi-crore-rupee Saradha scam to get access to documents and clarity on some issues, a spokesperson of the central agency said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We want to proceed with (investigation into) the Saradha scam for which the CBI is seeking a meeting with the members of the SIT, comprising few police officers who are now in different positions," the agency's spokesperson told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the purpose of the meeting is to plug the gaps which are hampering the investigation process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The CBI wrote a letter to the West Bengal director general of police on August 18 for a meeting with the SIT members at the place and time of their convenience between August 21 and 25, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But so far we have not got any response either from the DGP or any of the SIT members," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The West Bengal government had formed the SIT in 2013 with officers drawn from the state's CID and Kolkata Police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Supreme Court had ordered a probe into the Saradha scam, which surfaced in 2013, and transferred the case to the CBI next year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thousands of investors were left in a lurch by the scam and it led to the arrest of many leaders and ministers of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress. All of them are now out on bail.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saradha group founder Sudipta Sen and his close associate Debjani Mukherjee, who were arrested in 2013 from Kashmir, are still in jail custody. </p>
<p class="title">The CBI has sought a meeting with the members of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) which was earlier probing the multi-crore-rupee Saradha scam to get access to documents and clarity on some issues, a spokesperson of the central agency said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We want to proceed with (investigation into) the Saradha scam for which the CBI is seeking a meeting with the members of the SIT, comprising few police officers who are now in different positions," the agency's spokesperson told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the purpose of the meeting is to plug the gaps which are hampering the investigation process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The CBI wrote a letter to the West Bengal director general of police on August 18 for a meeting with the SIT members at the place and time of their convenience between August 21 and 25, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But so far we have not got any response either from the DGP or any of the SIT members," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The West Bengal government had formed the SIT in 2013 with officers drawn from the state's CID and Kolkata Police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Supreme Court had ordered a probe into the Saradha scam, which surfaced in 2013, and transferred the case to the CBI next year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thousands of investors were left in a lurch by the scam and it led to the arrest of many leaders and ministers of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress. All of them are now out on bail.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Saradha group founder Sudipta Sen and his close associate Debjani Mukherjee, who were arrested in 2013 from Kashmir, are still in jail custody. </p>