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Ex-Kolkata police chief fails to turn up at CBI office

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Kolkata: Former Kolkata police commissioner- Rajeev Kumar- failed to turn up at the CBI office here on Monday to face interrogation in connection with the Saradha scam. The CBI had directed Kumar to appear before its officials by 2 pm on Monday, but he did not turn up at CGO complex office in Salt Lake area here.
This is the second occasion since Saturday last that Kumar defied the CBI summons to present himself before its investigating team in the scam.
The CBI officials had gone to the state secretariat `Nabanna’ on Saturday and handed over a letter for the Director General of Police of West Bengal Veerendra, directing Kumar to appear before the CBI officials at 2 pm on Monday. Kumar is currently the Additional Director General of Police in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
CBI officials went to the state secretariat on Monday morning again and delivered letters for Chief Secretary Malay De and Home Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, in connection with Kumar not appearing before the agency on Saturday.
The probe agency, in the letters, sought to know the whereabouts of the police officer and the grounds on which he had gone on a month-long leave, a senior official at the state secretariat told PTI.
The agency also sought to know when Kumar would be joining duty, the official said. The orders of the Calcutta High Court withdrawing protection against arrest to Kumar were also attached with the letters.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday had vacated its interim order granting the former Kolkata Police commissioner protection from arrest in the Saradha chit fund scam case. (PTI)

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