NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday expressed “disappointment and dismay” over the feud between CBI and West Bengal Police during probe into the Saradha chit fund scam case and said though the situation was “grim”, there was no administrative mechanism to avoid or resolve such conflicts.
While withdrawing the protection from arrest granted earlier by it to former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the case, the Apex Court said that despite orders and words of advice, “antagonism and acrimony” has escalated between the two forces of the country.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that due to the “clash” between the Central Bureau of Investigation and West Bengal Police, lakhs of small town and rural investors who have been deprived of their savings in the case are “at the receiving end”.
“They (CBI and West Bengal Police) have forgotten that the primary purpose and role of the police is to investigate crime, collect evidence and prosecute the offenders. Situation is grim as both sides have hardened their stand and there is no administrative mechanism in place to avoid and resolve such conflicts between the two wings of the police force in the country,” said the bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna. (AGENCIES)
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