Chit fund scam: CBI seeks SC permission to arrest top cop Rajeev Kumar

NEW DELHI: The CBI has moved the Supreme Court seeking recall of the court’s February 5 order staying the arrest of former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar to let the agency put him to custodial interrogation in the Saradha and Rose Valley ponzi scam cases.

In its plea to the Apex Court, the agency said the recall of the order granting Kumar an interim protection from the arrest was necessary “to unravel the entire gamut of the larger conspiracy in the ponzi scam cases”.

The CBI also sought the court’s directions to the West Bengal authorities to comply with the court’s earlier orders “in letter and spirit” and not to create any hurdle in the CBI probe or try to “intimidate, harass and scare the agency officials” probing the cases.

A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi is to hear the CBI’s plea on Monday. (AGENCIES)

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