The Supreme Court on Friday withdrew its protection from arrest for ex-Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha chit fund scam case and gave the controversial police officer 7 days to get anticipatory bail from an appropriate court. The top court said its February 5 order granting interim protection to Rajeev Kumar will continue for seven days from Friday so that he approach the competent court for legal remedy. If Rajeev Kumar doesn’t manage to get the arrest shield, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi ruled that the CBI would be free to act in accordance with law in the case. In February, the Supreme Court had granted interim protection from arrest to Rajeev Kumar but told him to face questioning by the CBI in Shillong, which the judges had said, was a neutral place. Also Read | CBI vs Mamata Banerjee: How the showdown started in Kolkata and DelhiFirst Published: May 17, 2019 11:10 IST

Source: Hindustan Times May 17, 2019 05:41 UTC