Saradha Chit Fund Scam  

CBI officers who probed the Saradha chit fund scam and the 2G telecom spectrum scams, have been awarded with the coveted police medals on Independence Day. Pankaj Kumar Srivastava, Joint Director, Kolkata, who is supervising the probe into the Saradha scam has been awarded the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service. Vivek Priyadarshi, AIG (Policy), who led the probe into the 2G telecom spectrum scam, has been awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service.
 

Jharkhand minister CP Singh of the BJP was seen coaxing a Muslim lawmaker to chant “Jai Sri Ram” right outside the state Assembly. BJP’s Ashwini Upadhyay said to MyNation that the issue was resolved by the two of them with a hug, while also admitting that he didn’t feel it was right to thrust one’s religion on to another. TMC MP Derek O'Brien said he had informed the CBI that he would appear before the agency with respect to the Saradha chit fund scam after the Parliament session ends on August 7 and asserted that he would not be intimidated. For the top stories of the day from across the country, watch MyNation in 100 seconds.

CBI had summoned Derek O’Brien in connection with the Saradha chit fund case. The Trinamool Congress MP has now informed the CBI that he will appear before the agency on August 7.

Trinamool Congress lawmaker Derek O’Brien has been summoned by the CBI for questioning in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. The CBI is probing transactions in Trinamool's 'Jago Bangla' mouthpiece

Kunal Ghosh, a suspended member of the TMC has been interrogated for a second time in the Saradha chit fund scam.
 

According to sources, the CBI which was reportedly trying to get custodial interrogation of Rajeev Kumar, will name him in the supplementary charge sheet soon to be filed

The CBI  on Sunday issued a look-out notice against Kumar. They also alerted airports so that Kumar cannot leave the country. 
 

The look-out notice gives authorities at airports or land ports the power to hand over former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to the CBI is he tries to leave India

All of Kunal Ghosh's insinuations pertain to money spent on hiring helicopters for political advertisements and even a whopping Rs 88 lakh in a bank account in Panchkula.

Rajeev Kumar was supposed to report to work at 10 AM on Thursday, but sources say, he reached the national capital at 12:30 PM and did not join the ministry or provide the necessary information for the delay.
 

Considering many of them have a questionable background with serious charges like human trafficking going on at the central bureau of Investigation (CBI) to cases under the explosives act, many wonder how serious is the BJP in bringing 'clean politics' in West Bengal?

In the latest case, as in the case that former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar was dealing with, officers of the Bengal government are said to have colluded with the company Basil International Limited that issued shares to gullible customers but allegedly never paid them back years after the maturity of the terms

The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday told solicitor general Tushar Mehta to move an application in the apex court in the matter of the alleged seizure of 2-kg unaccounted-for gold from Abhishek's wife Rujira Banerjee at the Kolkata airport on March 15.

On the third day, the CBI continued joint questioning of Rajeev Kumar and former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and Member of Parliament Kunal Ghosh. On Sunday too, the CBI had a session of joint questioning

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