The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to a plea by the CBI to arrest him in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.
The CBI urged a Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, to lift its February 8 stay order against any “coercive action” against Mr. Kumar. The agency said that his arrest was necessary to “unravel the entire gamut of the larger conspiracy in the ponzi scam cases”.
The Bench gave Mr. Kumar four weeks’ time to file his response.
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 probe or try to “intimidate, harass and scare the agency officials” probing the cases.