Recently, the CBI had quizzed several people connected with the Saradha chit fund scam as the state of West Bengal prepares for an eight-phased staggered Assembly election starting March 27.
In an application, the CBI said that the CM Relief fund has regularly paid the amounts -- at the rate of Rs 27 lakh per month -- for a period of 23 months from May 2013 to April 2015.
Kumar, who is currently the additional director general of West Bengal CID, said that his leave will end on Wednesday and his prayer for pre-arrest bail be taken up for hearing urgently.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has again served a notice to former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with Saradha Chit Fund Scam. Team of CBI officials went to Rajeev Kumar's house in Kolkata on Monday and served the notice.
Kumar, who has not been seen in public since Friday evening after the Calcutta High Court withdrew the interim protection from arrest given to him, has failed to appear before the CBI for questioning disregarding multiple notices served by the probe agency.
Senior IPS officer and ex-Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar on Saturday did not appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Saradha scam probe, but sent a communication seeking more time.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday vacated the interim order providing protection from arrest to IPS officer and former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Saradha scam.
The court also rejected Kumar's prayer for quashing of a CBI notice that sought his appearance for questioning in the case.
Chatterjee has been called to appear before the investigating officers at the city office of the CBI by this afternoon, the officer told PTI.
Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Friday appeared before the CBI officials here in relation to the Saradha Chit Fund scam.
The court on May 17 had withdrawn protection given to Kumar from any arrest and had asked the CBI to proceed as per law. It gave a week's time to Kumar to approach the competent court for anticipatory bail.
Ex-Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar has been served summons by the CBI in connection with Saradha scam. Newly appointed Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma is currently posted as AGD and IGD (Operations)
The counsel said the apex court had on May 17 granted even days time to Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar to approach the competent court for legal remedies but they want extension of time as lawyers in Kolkata courts are presently on a strike.
Earlier on February 5, the apex court had granted protection from arrest to Kumar, while directing him to appear before the CBI and "faithfully" cooperate into the investigation of cases arising out of the scam.
The affidavits, submitted by the state government by police claim that no police officials went on 'dharna manch' where West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee sat to protest CBI action.
Saradha scam: CBI to quiz Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in Shillong today
Kumar arrived in the state capital of Meghalaya on Friday evening from Kolkata via Guwahati by road with three more West Bengal cadre IPS officers and his younger brother, an official said.
The ongoing stand-off between the CBI and the West Bengal government has its roots in the alleged Ponzi scams associated with the Saradha Group, which was busted in 2013.
A group of CBI officials turned up at the residence of Manik Majumdar in South Kolkata's Kalighat and questioned him.
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former finance minister P Chidambaram's wife Nalini Chidambaram in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.
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