Himanta Biswa Sarma not examined in Saradha scam: Ex-Kolkata top cop tells HC
New Delhi, July 24: Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar told the Calcutta high court that the CBI has not examined Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma though his name has cropped up in the Saradha chit fund scam case.
Kumar's counsel Milan Mukherjee submitted before Justice Madhumati Mitra that the IPS officer has, on the other hand, been singled out among 121 officers of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the West Bengal government.
Mukherjee submitted that Sarma has not been examined by the CBI despite his name having cropped up in the probe by the SIT five years back when the scam was unearthed in 2013.
Mukherjee accused the CBI of malafide intention to malign his client by picking him for questioning among the 121 officers of the SIT.
Calcutta HC extends interim protection from arrest to ex- Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar
Kumar, who was the commissioner of Bidhannagar Police when the scam broke out, looked after the day to day operations of the SIT.
Kumar
has
moved
the
high
court
seeking
quashing
of
a
CBI
notice
to
him
in
May
for
appearing
before
it
for
assisting
in
probing
the
multi-crore
Saradha
chitfund
scam.
Hearing
in
the
matter
was
adjourned
till
Thursday
when
it
will
be
taken
up
again.