Detained officials released, CBI interim chief says evidence against Rajeev Kumar
The CBI has been trying to locate Rajeev Kumar to question him in connection with Rose Valley and Saradha ponzi scams.
Rajeev Kumar, a 1989 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre, did not even attend a meeting with Election Commission officials who had gone to Kolkata to meet him.
HIGHLIGHTS
- BJP doing worst kind of political vendetta: Mamata Banerjee on Rajeev Kumar probe
- Officials said Kumar has to be questioned over missing documents
- When contacted, Kumar’s staff claimed he came to office on Friday but left
Five CBI officers were detained by police outside Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar’s house in Salt Lake area of Kolkata. Officials said a team of CBI who were probing chit fund scam cases had reached Rajeev Kumar’s residence.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has also reached Rajeev Kumar’s house.
Biddhanagar Police has taken charge of CGO Complex where Rajeev Kumar’s house is located.
A team of Kolkata police had reached the CBI joint director’s office.
UPDATES:
9:56 pm | The new CBI chief Rishi Kumar Shukla will land in Kolkata tonight and will take charge in the morning.
9:48 pm A team of CBI officers came without any papers for what they called a ‘secret operation’. When asked what the operation was about, they could not give a satisfactory response: Praveen Tripathi, Joint Commissioner Crime, Kolkata Police
Praveen Tripathi, Joint Commissioner Crime, Kolkata Police: A team of CBI officers came without any papers for what they called a ‘secret operation’. When asked what the operation was about, they could not give a satisfactory response.
9:36 pm | Support pours in for Mamata as Akhilesh Yadav and Arvind Kejriwal back her. Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal may visit Kolkata on Monday.
9:35 pm | Union government orders paramilitary forces to take position in ALL central offices in Kolkata.
9:34 pm | There is evidence against Rajeev Kumar: Interim CBI chief
“There is evidence against him (Rajeev Kumar), he has been instrumental in causing destruction of this evidence and obstructing justice. We are investigating these chit fund cases as per the directions of the SC. An SIT has been constituted by the WB govt prior to SC’s direction under the chairmanship of Rajeev Kumar, who is currently the Kolkata police commissioner. They have taken charge of all the evidence, seized all the documents. They have not been cooperating with us in handing over all the documents and a lot of evidence has been destroyed or caused to disappear,” news agency ANI quoted interim CBI chief M Nageshwar Rao as saying.
9:30 pm | Prime minister is determined to destroy all the institutions of democracy. Now he destroying the federal structure of our country. Wake up and stop it before it is too late: Yashwant Sinha
9:28 pm | PM Modi, Amit Shah have no chance against TMC: Derek O’Brien
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah cannot fight the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, said party MP Derek O’Brien. Derek O’Brien also said that PM Modi and Amit Shah have resorted to political vendetta after what they saw at the United India rally.
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