A day after former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar failed to turn up for questioning in Saradha Chit Fund scam case, a team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials visited West Bengal state secretariat to hand over letters to top officials of the state government. 

A two-member CBI team arrived at the Nabbana building in the afternoon with letters to Director general of police (DGP), Chief Secretary and Home Secretary, Bengal government regarding Rajeev Kumar.

Sources said that CBI officials were carrying four letters. 

While the two letters were received by the DGP’s office, two other letters addressed to Chief Secretary and Home Secretary will have to be sent tomorrow as their offices were closed on Sunday.

Summoned for questioning by the CBI, Kumar on Saturday sought more time to appear before the agency.  

Kumar, whose protection from custodial interrogation was withdrawn by the Calcutta High Court on Friday, was served another notice by the CBI to appear before them on Saturday at 10 am for questioning.

However, Kumar did not appear before the agency. CBI sources said Kumar sent an e-mail seeking more time to appear before the agency.

Meanwhile, anticipating that former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar could move court seeking anticipatory bail tomorrow, CBI has called in its counsel in Kolkata, YJ Dastur, to Delhi. He will be discussing with CBI brass regarding the legal steps to take against Kumar. 

The Saradha Chit Fund Scam is a multi crore-rupee scam, agencies say it would be around 2,000 crores but both investigating agencies - ED and CBI - are yet to reach a conclusion on the exact amount of the chit fund scam. 

The scam duped lakhs of people in the state promising higher rates of returns on their investments.

Rajeev Kumar, who is currently the West Bengal CID Additional Director General, was part of a Special Investigation Team set up by the state government to investigate the scam before the Supreme Court handed over the case to the CBI in 2014, along with other chit fund cases. He is accused of tampering with evidence in the case.