The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from West Bengal cadre IPS officer Rajeev Kumar on CBI's appeal challenging the anticipatory bail granted to him in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam case.
The court has issued a notice to Kumar.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde told solicitor-general Tushar Mehta that the agency has to convince the top court why the custody of the former Kolkata police commissioner was needed in the case.
Mehta told the bench, also comprising Justices B. R. Gavai and Surya Kant, that Kumar was earlier absconding for quite some time and he has suppressed relevant materials, which were collected by him during the probe.
On October 3, Kumar had his anticipatory bail formalised at an Alipore court in the chit fund scam case. He was granted anticipatory bail by Calcutta High Court a few days.
Kumar had been allegedly evading the CBI.
The court had directed Kumar to appear before the CBI investigators and co-operate with them. “The CBI will have to issue a 48-hour prior notice to the petitioner (Kumar) asking him to appear before it,” the bench said.
