Calcutta High Court has granted protection from arrest and any coercive action till July 10 to senior IPS officer and former Commissioner of Kolkata Police, Rajeev Kumar, in the Saradha chit fund scam case. The vacation bench of the court granted him a month’s protection from June 10, when the court will reopen after summer break, and directed Mr. Kumar to deposit his passport within 24 hours of the passing of the order.
The former Kolkata police chief has also been asked to cooperate with the CBI investigation into the multi-crore chit fund case, while recording his attendance with an officer of the probe agency every day at 4 pm.
Justice Pratik Prakash Banerjee ruled that the petition will appear before a regular bench on June 12 after the court reopens following a summer vacation.
Mr. Kumar moved the Calcutta High Court Thursday, seeking quashing of the CBI notice served on him over alleged suppression of facts in the Saradha chit fund scam case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had served a notice on Mr. Kumar asking him to appear before it for assisting the investigation into the case.
Calcutta HC grants 1 month’s protection from arrest to Rajeev Kumar in saradha chit fund case
