<p>The CBI interrogated former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam on Friday.</p>.<p>Kumar, currently the ADG of CID, arrived at CBI’s Kolkata office on Friday morning and was questioned for nearly four hours.</p>.<p>According to CBI sources, Kumar’s statement recorded during the day will be matched with that of Arnab Ghosh, another IPS officer from Bengal.</p>.<p>Kumar headed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the state government to probe the Saradha scam before CBI took over the case in 2014 following a Supreme Court order.</p>.<p>Ghosh was also a member of the SIT.</p>.<p>“We may summon Kumar again if there are significant difference in his statement and that of Ghosh,” said a senior CBI officer.</p>.<p>The development comes after the Calcutta High Court granted Kumar protection from arrest till July 10 after he approached the court seeking quashing of CBI’s notice to him.</p>.<p>Kumar had approached the high court after the Supreme Court withdrew the protection from arrest which it granted to Kumar.</p>
<p>The CBI interrogated former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam on Friday.</p>.<p>Kumar, currently the ADG of CID, arrived at CBI’s Kolkata office on Friday morning and was questioned for nearly four hours.</p>.<p>According to CBI sources, Kumar’s statement recorded during the day will be matched with that of Arnab Ghosh, another IPS officer from Bengal.</p>.<p>Kumar headed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the state government to probe the Saradha scam before CBI took over the case in 2014 following a Supreme Court order.</p>.<p>Ghosh was also a member of the SIT.</p>.<p>“We may summon Kumar again if there are significant difference in his statement and that of Ghosh,” said a senior CBI officer.</p>.<p>The development comes after the Calcutta High Court granted Kumar protection from arrest till July 10 after he approached the court seeking quashing of CBI’s notice to him.</p>.<p>Kumar had approached the high court after the Supreme Court withdrew the protection from arrest which it granted to Kumar.</p>
