Former Union Minister from Assam Matang Sinh passes away
Sinh, 58, was elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam in 1992 and had served as a Union Minister of state in parliamentary affairs from 1994 to 1998.
GUWAHATI:
Former Union minister and Congress leader Matang Sinh breathed his last after battling an ailment at a private hospital in New Delhi on Thursday morning.
Sinh, 58, was elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam in 1992 and had served as a Union Minister of state in parliamentary affairs from 1994 to 1998.
Known as a television tycoon in Assam, the Tinsukia-born Sinh had introduced the Northeast to satellite television by launching the region’s first satellite news channel – Northeast Television (NETV) in 2003.
He was arrested by the CBI on January 31, 2015, on charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and misappropriation of more than Rs 28 crore in the Saradha Chit Fund scheme.
His former wife, Manoranjana Singh was also found to be involved in the scam.
(Edited by Shankar Kumar Turha)
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