CBI starts quizzing Kolkata Police chief in Shillong

Shillong, Feb 9 The CBI started questioning the Kolkata Police chief on Saturday at highly secured agency's office here regarding chit fund scam cases, officials said.

Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, his guidance Biswajit Deb and senior IPS officers Javed Shamim and Murlidhar Sharma touched base at the probe agency's office at 11 am, they said.

Kumar's advice and the two IPS officers were approached to leave the CBI office inside 30 minutes, they said.

Kumar is being investigated at the highly verified CBI office at Oakland zone in the Meghalaya capital where three senior CBI sleuths from Delhi came to on Friday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday had guided the Kolkata Police chief to show up before the CBI and "faithfully" collaborate in the investigation of cases emerging out of the Saradha chit support trick, while clarifying that he won't be captured.

The CBI had claimed in the Supreme Court that Kumar, who was driving the SIT probe into Saradha chit fund scam, messed with the electronic proof and gave over archives to the office, some of which were "doctored".

The apex court directed him to show up before the investigating agency at an neutral place in Shillong "to avoid all unnecessary controversy".

CBI officials had gone to Kumar's living arrangement in Kolkata to address him on February 3 however their attempt was frustrated by the police, following which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee staged a three-day dharna.