Kolkata
The Calcutta High Court today granted anticipatory bail to the former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with multi-crore-rupee Saradha chit fund scam.
A bench comprising justices S Munshi and S Dasgupta said if Kumar was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the case, he would have to be released immediately on bail by an appropriate court on two sureties of 50,000 rupees each.
Observing that Kumar had cooperated with CBI the bench said it was not an appropriate case for custodial interrogation of the petitioner.
It directed Kumar, who is currently the Additional Director General of the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID), to cooperate with the investigating officers.
It also directed Kumar to make himself available before the investigating officers in the case for questioning on a 48-hour prior notice by the CBI.
On September 21, a pre-arrest bail plea of the IPS officer was rejected by the Alipore District and Sessions Court.
