The CBI has produced fresh evidence to nail former Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar's role in helping the accused in the Sarada chit fund scam. The agency has accused Kumar of not disclosing call detail records of six mobile phones used by the Sarada accused, despite the Supreme Court order directing the West Bengal police to cooperate fully.

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Disclosures made to the CBI on April 5 by Vodafone and Airtel brought new evidence to light. Thereafter, the CBI informed a bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi that there is evidence to show that the West Bengal police did receive the details, but did not hand it over to CBI. It further informed that the information was crucial as it pertained to the period of April 15-23, 2013 — the time when the accused Sudipto Sen and Debjani Mukherjee were on the run. They were arrested from Jammu on April 23, 2013.

The agency also hinted to the court that powerful persons, including state authorities, could have influenced the service providers from not sharing the information initially. The agency was at pains as, despite several letters to Vodafone and Airtel pertaining to 12 other mobile numbers, no information was forthcoming. The bench gave Kumar a week's time to respond.