The CBI officers had been at the moment arrested by the police outdoors the residence of the Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar within the Salt Lake space of the town. As per the officers, a group of the CBI who had been investigating some circumstances of chit fund rip-off had reached Rajeev’s residence.
Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal Chief Minister had additionally reached Rajeev’s residence. The Biddhanagar police have taken cost of the CGO complicated the place Rajeev’s home is situated.
As a matter of truth, the CBI had been making an attempt to get the whereabouts of Rajeev Kumar to interrogate him almost about Rose Valley and Saradha Ponzi scams.
It was earlier at the moment that Mamata Banerjee acknowledged that the best ranges of BJP management had been indulging into the vilest sort of political vendetta. She acknowledged this in connection to the CBI making makes an attempt to seek out Rajeev Kumar to interrogate him.
West Bengal: Police detains the CBI group which had reached the residence of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar. The group has now been taken to a police station. pic.twitter.com/YXJJ3d11LL
— ANI (@ANI) February 3, 2019
The IPS officer, who led a Particular Investigation Staff of West Bengal Police investigating the scams, needs to be interrogated in regards to the lacking paperwork and information however he isn’t responding to notices to seem earlier than the company, officers stated.
Kumar, a 1989 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre, didn’t even attend a gathering with Election Fee officers who had gone to Kolkata to fulfill him concerning election preparedness, sources stated.
Chit fund case: Visuals from outdoors the residence of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar. A CBI group is current on the spot. #WestBengal pic.twitter.com/2nvzbStFa0
— ANI (@ANI) February 3, 2019
When contacted, his employees claimed Kumar had come to workplace on Friday however had left.
“There’s little or no likelihood that he’ll come to the workplace now. You possibly can attempt on Monday or name his residence,” his workplace employees advised PTI over the cellphone.
The variety of his residence given by his employees didn’t ring and the calls made to his cellular quantity weren’t answered.
The officers acknowledged that clearly, Rajeev turned anxious about his arrest after Bengali movie producer Shrikant Mohita was taken into custody.
As per some eyewitness accounts, Kumar was seen in a e book truthful some days again.
The Rose Valley rip-off is price over Rs 15,000 crore and Saradha rip-off is about Rs 2500 crore. In each circumstances, the perpetrators allegedly have hyperlinks with the members of the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, they stated.