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Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar requests interrogation to be videographed, CBI says no

Rajeev Kumar's Interrogation By CBI Underway In Shillong For The Second Day.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Srishty Choudhury | Updated on: 10 Feb 2019, 12:11:47 PM
Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar requests interrogation to be videographed, CBI denies request

New Delhi:

The interrogation of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar by a CBI team began for the second day on Sunday in Shillong. Kumar had requested that his interrogation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team be videographed at the CBI office in Shillong on Sunday as well in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. However, the CBI declined permission for the same. Suspended Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh might also be questioned along with Kumar on Sunday. 

Former Trinamool Congress (TC) MP Kunal Ghosh had also reached the CBI office in Shillong earlier in the day. Speaking to the media outside the CBI office, speaking to the media, Kunal Ghosh said, “'I have been asked by the CBI to attend this office, so I’m here. I have cooperated with the investigating agency.”

On Saturday, Rajeev Kumar’s lawyer told the CBI that the top cop can’t be in the Meghalaya capital for too long because of  Saraswati Puja in West Bengal followed by Valentine's Day in a few days, hence Kumar has to look after the law and order situation in the state during that period, according to sources. The CBI, however, seems to have rejected the request.

The CBI began questioning the Kolkata Police chief at highly secured agency's office in Shillong, Kumar, his counsel Biswajit Deb and senior IPS officers Javed Shamim and Murlidhar Sharma arrived at the probe agency's office at 11 am.

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First Published : 10 Feb 2019, 11:56:11 AM

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