Two arrested in Saradha chit fund scam case

A man, who was in-charge of the scam-tainted Saradha Group chit fund company in North Bengal and Malda district, and his wife were arrested by police on a complaint that they siphoned off money taken from depositors.The police on Friday said Debashis Deb Sharma, 50, and his wife Manasi Deb Sharma were arrested on Thursday night based on a complaint lodged by Ashraful Sheikh at the Chanchal Police Station.Malda SP Kalyan Mukherjee said that the duo was on Friday produced in the Chanchal Sub-Divisional Court, which remanded them in 10 days’ police custody.