NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court hinted on Tuesday that hassle could be in store for former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, pronouncing it has discovered “one thing very, very severe” within the CBI’s record on the IPS officer’s behavior whilst heading West Bengal police’s probe into the politically delicate chit fund rip-off instances.
The observation about Kumar, whom CM Mamata Banerjee had described as the most productive cop, got here when legal professional normal Okay Okay Venugopal and solicitor normal Tushar Mehta had been detailing alleged makes an attempt by means of the state police and administration to derail and prolong the SC-directed probe into chit fund instances. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna wanted to grasp the end result of the CBI’s questioning of Kumar in Shillong in February in regards to the latter’s position as the top of West Bengal Police’s probe into the chit fund rip-off instances.
“There is one thing which may be very, very severe. But we cannot act on the basis of the status record. There could also be a prayer made by means of the CBI within the sealed-cover status record,” the bench stated after perusing the contents of a standing record submitted to it.
The AG read out an in depth checklist of accusations towards Bengal Police, together with a planned prolong in turning in proof amassed by means of it within the chit fund rip-off instances to the CBI when the apex court assigned the case to the central agency. He accused Kumar of deliberately furnishing blank name element data of cell phones of the key accused. “Whom had been they trying to protect?” he requested.
Mehta supplemented by means of pronouncing it used to be now not most effective about tampering with crucial proof and delaying their submission to the CBI to prolong and derail the court-ordered probe, but the manner through which the CBI team of workers had been manhandled and taken to police station when they went to query Kumar.
Appearing for the West Bengal government, senior recommend A M Singhvi stated the executive secretary and the DGP of the state have now not been accused of anything by means of the CBI and that they have filed affidavits countering level by means of level each fee of alleged prolong levelled by means of the central agency. “It does now not make out a case of contempt towards them,” he stated.
CJI Gogoi perceived to read Singhvi’s mind and pre-empted his request by means of asking: “Are you requesting us to discharge the executive secretary and the DGP from the contempt lawsuits? We is not going to do this at this stage.”
The bench stated it will now not be right kind to pass orders on the basis of the status record without giving a possibility to Kumar to answer the costs towards him. “Since a replica of the CBI status record isn't given to the previous Kolkata police commissioner, we grant liberty to the CBI to file an utility elevating such issues as it feels right kind. Such an utility might be filed inside of 10 days and Kumar will file his response in every week thereafter. We will decide the veracity of the costs and counter-charges all through the next hearing,” it stated.
Kumar used to be at the centre of a dramatic row that had erupted in February this year when police officers deployed at the commissioner’s authentic residence detained a group of CBI officers who had long past there in search of a session with him. The West Bengal CM instantly took up cudgels for the IPS officer, accusing the Centre of violating the federal structure, and, in a primary, launching a dharna.
The CBI, on the other hand, stated it needed to question Kumar as a way to agree to the SC’s order to analyze the chit fund rip-off.
It also filed a contempt petition towards the executive secretary and the DGP within the SC, main the apex court to direct the then Kolkata police leader to appear earlier than the central probe agency in Shillong. The resultant interaction saw the central agency questioning Kumar concerning the proof amassed by means of the West Bengal police, especially the main points supplied by means of Saradha chit fund rip-off mastermind Sudipta Sen, which might now not be discovered.
The observation about Kumar, whom CM Mamata Banerjee had described as the most productive cop, got here when legal professional normal Okay Okay Venugopal and solicitor normal Tushar Mehta had been detailing alleged makes an attempt by means of the state police and administration to derail and prolong the SC-directed probe into chit fund instances. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna wanted to grasp the end result of the CBI’s questioning of Kumar in Shillong in February in regards to the latter’s position as the top of West Bengal Police’s probe into the chit fund rip-off instances.
“There is one thing which may be very, very severe. But we cannot act on the basis of the status record. There could also be a prayer made by means of the CBI within the sealed-cover status record,” the bench stated after perusing the contents of a standing record submitted to it.
The AG read out an in depth checklist of accusations towards Bengal Police, together with a planned prolong in turning in proof amassed by means of it within the chit fund rip-off instances to the CBI when the apex court assigned the case to the central agency. He accused Kumar of deliberately furnishing blank name element data of cell phones of the key accused. “Whom had been they trying to protect?” he requested.
Mehta supplemented by means of pronouncing it used to be now not most effective about tampering with crucial proof and delaying their submission to the CBI to prolong and derail the court-ordered probe, but the manner through which the CBI team of workers had been manhandled and taken to police station when they went to query Kumar.
Appearing for the West Bengal government, senior recommend A M Singhvi stated the executive secretary and the DGP of the state have now not been accused of anything by means of the CBI and that they have filed affidavits countering level by means of level each fee of alleged prolong levelled by means of the central agency. “It does now not make out a case of contempt towards them,” he stated.
CJI Gogoi perceived to read Singhvi’s mind and pre-empted his request by means of asking: “Are you requesting us to discharge the executive secretary and the DGP from the contempt lawsuits? We is not going to do this at this stage.”
The bench stated it will now not be right kind to pass orders on the basis of the status record without giving a possibility to Kumar to answer the costs towards him. “Since a replica of the CBI status record isn't given to the previous Kolkata police commissioner, we grant liberty to the CBI to file an utility elevating such issues as it feels right kind. Such an utility might be filed inside of 10 days and Kumar will file his response in every week thereafter. We will decide the veracity of the costs and counter-charges all through the next hearing,” it stated.
Kumar used to be at the centre of a dramatic row that had erupted in February this year when police officers deployed at the commissioner’s authentic residence detained a group of CBI officers who had long past there in search of a session with him. The West Bengal CM instantly took up cudgels for the IPS officer, accusing the Centre of violating the federal structure, and, in a primary, launching a dharna.
The CBI, on the other hand, stated it needed to question Kumar as a way to agree to the SC’s order to analyze the chit fund rip-off.
It also filed a contempt petition towards the executive secretary and the DGP within the SC, main the apex court to direct the then Kolkata police leader to appear earlier than the central probe agency in Shillong. The resultant interaction saw the central agency questioning Kumar concerning the proof amassed by means of the West Bengal police, especially the main points supplied by means of Saradha chit fund rip-off mastermind Sudipta Sen, which might now not be discovered.
‘Something very, very serious’ in CBI status report on Kolkata ex-top cop: SC
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