Saradha scam: SC defers hearing on CBI plea to quiz WB ex-police commissioner Kumar
India
Updated: Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 14:58 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 23: The Supreme Court Tuesday deferred by two weeks the hearing on CBI's contempt plea against former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar and others alleging non-cooperation by them in its probe into the multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam case.
Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar
The CBI, entrusted with investigating the Ponzi scheme cases in West Bengal by the apex court, filed the contempt plea on February 4, 2019 against Kumar, former Chief Secretary Malay Kumar De and state's DGP Virendra saying that it was not getting their cooperation in the ongoing probe.