New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar on CBI’s plea seeking his arrest in the multi-crore rupee Saradha chit fund scam. The apex court, on February 5, granted protection from arrest to Kumar while directing him to appear before the CBI and “faithfully” cooperating into the investigation of cases arising out of the scam.
The central probe agency has sought vacation of the order so that it can arrest and interrogate Kumar. “This is the interim application (IA) of the CBI seeking custodial interrogation of Rajeev Kumar. Issue notice. Let the matter be listed for hearing on April 15,” said a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna.
