KOLKATA: Idris Ali, Trinamool Congress leader and the party’s MP from Basirhat, on Wednesday threatened to resort to violence in West Bengal if Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is ‘framed’ in the Saradha scam.

"Touch Mamata Banerjee and West Bengal shall burn. A lot of people will die in the fire," Ali challenged.

Commenting on Idris Ali's statement Congress leader PC Chacko said, "Saradha scam inquiry must take place in a proper manner if there is any irregularity going on."

This remark comes right after four top TMC leaders were arrested in connection to the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam case.

The Bharatiya Janata Party had earlier criticised the TMC for the involvement of its leaders in the Saradha scam, urging West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to break her silence on the issue.

"It is amply clear that there is a widespread involvement of many TMC leaders in the Saradha scam. Mamata Banerjee has to break her silence and has to come out clean on this issue," BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told ANI.

Patra further said that instead of playing politics in the Parliament, the TMC should explain its role in the scam.

"The Trinamool Congress is playing politics on the floor of the Parliament but it is not explaining as to why it was responsible for looting lakhs of people of their hard-earned money through the scam," he said.

The Kolkata-based Saradha Group was reportedly a Ponzi scheme, with over 10,000 registered chit funds across the country and with an aggregate turnover of Rs 30, 000 crore per annum. The group is said to have defrauded thousands of investors in West Bengal, leading to the arrest of its owner Sudipta Sen.