ADG Rajeev Kumar moves Kolkata High Court for relief in Sharda Chit fund case
New Delhi/Kolkata, May.30 (HS): ADG CID of West Bengal, Rajeev Kumar today moved the Calcutta High Court requesting it to quash the notice served on him by the CBI in connection with Saradha chit fund scam probe. Earlier, the CBI had issued a notice to Kumar asking him to appear before it for assisting the probe into the case.
Justice Pratik Prakash Banerjee granted leave to Kumar’s counsel for filing a petition in the registry of the court and moved the matter for hearing at 2 pm.
Earlier in the day, Kumar’s counsel had moved the vacation bench of the high court and prayed for leave to file the petition. The state government recently reinstated former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who was removed by the poll panel as Additional Director General, CID, before the seventh phase of polling.
The Supreme Court had last week dismissed a plea of Kumar seeking extension of protection from arrest in the multi-crore chit fund scam case.
A vacation bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Arun Mishra, earlier directed Kumar to approach the Calcutta High Court or a trial court for relief.
