Kolkata former Police chief Rajeev Kumar has appeared before Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday in connection with the multi-crore Saradha scam that had left thousands of small investors in the lurch.
Rajeev Kumar, who is presently the Additional Director General of police in the Crime Investigation Department, reached the CBI office in the morning to face questioning by the agency officials for the second time, sources in the agency said.
In February, Mr. Kumar had been interrogated by CBI officials in Shillong under directions of the Supreme Court which asked him to cooperate with the probing agency. He had earlier been granted protection from arrest by the apex court. The senior police officer was heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of West Bengal Police before the Central Bureau of Investigation took over the case. The premier investigative agency had last month issued a lookout notice against Mr. Kumar and directed all airports and immigration authorities to alert it if they spot him leaving the country.