Saradha scam: Suspended Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh attempts suicide in jail, hospitalized

KOLKATA: Suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, former CEO of Saradha Media Group, attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills in his prison cell.

Kunal Ghosh, in his suicide note, claimed consuming 58 pills. He was rushed to SSKM hospital where doctors washed his stomach to clear the sedatives.

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It might be mentioned that Kunal Ghosh had threatened in the court on Monday that he would commit suicide within three days if he was not granted bail and those powerful people involved in the Saradha scam were not arrested.

Kunal Ghosh is the only leading politician arrested in the case and has been suspended by Trinamool Congress.

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Kunal Ghosh has named top Trinamool leaders for their involvement in the Saradha scam, but CBI is yet to interrogate or arrest them.

Jail officials said that they had given only a strip of sedatives to Ghosh, as he had sleep disorder.

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