The Calcutta HC has vacated its protection from arrest to Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha scam probe

KOLKATA: Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday in connection with multi-crore saradha chit fund scam, did not turn up at the agency's office on Saturday.

Kumar was issued summons and asked to appear before the agency today at 10 am after the Calcutta High Court withdrew protection from arrest granted to him in the case.

CBI officers, led by a joint director, were waiting for Kumar at the CGO complex with a set of questions to grill him as part of the Saradha probe. Kumar has also not sent any emissary in response to the CBI's Friday summons.

Kumar was part of a special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the state government to probe the scam before the Supreme Court transferred it to the CBI.

Earlier, the CBI had said that it needs to interrogate the former Kolkata police commissioner. He is accused of tampering with evidence.

