Former Calcutta police commissioner Rajeev Kumar skipped a meeting with CBI officials on Monday despite being summoned by the agency for questioning in connection with the Saradha deposit default scam, officials said.

Kumar, however, sent a letter to the CBI, seeking some more time to appear before its officers in connection with the case.

A CID official visited the CBI office in Salt Lake and submitted the letter in which Kumar said he is on a three-day break and, therefore, unable to attend the meeting.

CBI sources said officials were at the Barasat court to prevent Kumar from taking any legal step to stop the agency from interrogating him.

The CBI had on Sunday summoned the IPS officer to the agency's Salt Lake office on Monday after a team failed to meet him at his residence in connection with the Saradha probe.

Kumar has been reinstated as the additional director-general of the CID on Sunday night by the Bengal government after the model code of conduct expired.

On Saturday, the CBI had also issued a look out circular against Kumar to prevent him from leaving the country.

The agency wants custodial interrogation of Kumar in connection with the deposit default scam as he was heading the police's special investigation team to probe the case before the CBI took over.