India News: 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 Kum
Saradha scam: Supreme Court defers hearing on CBI plea to quiz WB ex-police commissioner Rajeev Kumar
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The agency also sought cancellation of bail granted to Rajeev Kumar and his custodial interrogation as he was evasive during questioning .
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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. 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.
The Supreme Court on 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.
Saradha scam: SC defers hearing on CBI plea to quiz WB ex-police commissioner Kumar
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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.
Mamataâs ex-minister says Saradha is countryâs worst scam, bats for Rakesh Asthana in new book
Former additional CBI director Upen Biswas, widely known for his probe into the fodder scam, has written that Saradha scam is a âmonumental fraud that overshadows all scams of Indiaâ.Â
Madhuparna Das 18 February, 2021 10:02 am IST Text Size:
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Kolkata: A former member of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjeeâs cabinet has written that the Saradha chit fund scam is the countryâs worst corruption scandal.Â
In a book titled
Dhamma Adhamma that is yet to be published, 79-year-old Upen Biswas, also a former IPS officer who has served as the additional CBI director, has written that the Ponzi scheme was a âmonumental fraud, which overshadows all other scams of Indiaâ.Â