Agency plea in SC against ex-Kolkata police chief in chit fund scam case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted a contempt case filed by the CBI against former Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar and others in connection with Saradha chit fund scam case, for hearing after two weeks.
The West Bengal government told a Bench led by Justice S. Abdul Nazeer that the “age-old” contempt case has “come alive” before the Assembly elections in the State.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for CBI, retorted that “contempt always remains alive”.
The CBI, had filed the contempt plea on February 4, 2019 against Mr. Kumar, former State chief secretary Malay Kumar De and DGP Virendra. The agency had accused them of non-cooperation.
Amid the hearing of contempt plea filed by CBI against former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar and others in Saradha chit fund scam, the West Bengal government told the Supreme Court that such cases become alive during .
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. (File)
The CBI has filed a contempt plea in the
Saradha chit fund scam before the Supreme Court, seeking to link Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with some of the accused and charging her government with showing “constant, deliberate and wilful non-cooperation” in the probe and of “a concerted effort to evade, avoid and escape the process of law” and “scuttle the investigation”.