The Calcutta High Court will take up on Wednesday the plea filed by Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar seeking interim protection from the arrest in connection with the Saradha Chit Fund Scam. The petition filed by former Kolkata Top Cop Rajeev Kumar will be take up by Justice Asha Arora on July 17 at 12 pm.
The Court had earlier extended the interim protection from the arrest of Rajeev Kumar till July 22. He had earlier knocked the court seeking to junk the notice served by the Central Probing Agency, CBI, asking to appear before it in a multi-crore scam.
A Lower Court of Kolkata had earlier dismissed the plea filed by Kolkata Top Cop seeking protection from arrest in an alleged scam. The Lower Court suggested Rajeev Kumar to approach the Higher Court to get an ‘appropriate remedy’ for the same.
Rajeev Kumar, Police Commissioner of Kolkata came into limelight after the CBI Officers landed into West Bengal on Feb 3 to questioned him that led to a standoff between Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal Government and Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central Government.
It should be noted that the top court had on May 17 lifted the interim protection granted to him earlier and given him a seven day time to take appropriate legal remedies.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has accused Kumar of tampering with the evidence in the chit fund scam to shield powerful politicians.
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