kolkata keen to crack the controversial irctcsaradha deal inked during mamata banerjees stint as railway minister cbi is all set to question some political heavyweights and key bureaucrats even as enforcement directorate summons some citybased realtors to trace the ponzi cash trail the twin probes are heading steadily towards cbis octoberend target of filing its first chargesheet in the rs 2800 crore scam the 2010 irctc deal had dragged chief minister mamata banerjees name into the saradha controversy in early september and the opposition has been going hammer and tongs at her ever since cbi has already questioned two irctc officials and collected documents from rail bhawan yes we are taking down relevant information from irctc officials who have been asked to come to our office said cbi chief information officer kanchan prasad cbi is convinced that though the deal did not cause any major loss to the central exchequer rules were flouted to let saradha tours and travels limited a little known entity then gain a toehold in the industry the other significant development of the day was the strong likelihood of ed questioning some top realtors who are suspected of having a role in hiding the illgotten saradha cash in labyrinthine property deals in india and abroad cbi too is looking into the role of realtors in parking the ponzi money abroad surprisingly while crores were paid to these realtors it is not even mentioned in the report of the state police sit or the affidavit filed by the state in supreme court say sources central investigators got on the trail of these realtors after they found that saradha boss sudipta sen had been regularly investing in a lot of real estate projects other than those developed by saradha realty we suspect that while he was siphoning off funds into the accounts of saradha realty he was systemically transferring money into accounts of several realtors an ed official said a prominent kolkatabased realtor is on the radar after investigators found evidence of a 2011 deal with saradha ed has linked this realtor with a mumbaibased real estate consultant too cbi which is looking into saradhas overseas moneyflow is also probing the mumbai consultants role the consultant had clients in the middle east we are already looking into sudiptas business interests in uae including the port town jebel ali the consultant might have played mediator said a cbi official scanning through the bank transactions sleuths have identified a dehradunbased construction company and a bangalorebased realtor they are also zeroing in on a londonbased construction company where sudipta allegedly made payments cbi is looking for sens aides in london especially in connection with the import of a ferrari allegedly for a ministers son the essex based company has been receiving regular payments from several of sudiptas group companies say sources east bengal and mohun bagan meanwhile have approached ed to lift the debitfreeze on their accounts saying it has made it difficult for them to meet even daytoday