Dhaka may give dossier on probe into links between Saradha group and Jamaat e Islami

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to hand over a dossier detailing her government’s evidence of the money trail in the Saradha chit fund scandal when she meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Ms. Hasina has alleged that the Saradha group, now under investigation by the CBI, funded attempts to topple her government. She wants to assist Indian investigations.

The dossier that India is expecting has been compiled by Bangladesh’s National Security Intelligence (NSI).

The agency investigated the financial links between the Saradha group and organisations run by the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in Bangladesh.

The dossier could be potentially explosive, as it is said to contain details of the alleged role of Trinamool MP Ahmed Hassan in channelling funds to JI, as well as details of the alleged role of the JI in funding the Trinamool Congress’s election campaign in 2011. The BJP has taken up the issue aggressively in West Bengal.

During the meeting with Sheik Hasina, Mr. Modi is expected to repeat India’s commitment on clearing the Land Boundary Agreement at the “earliest.”