Saradha Scam
(Search results - 18)IndiaSep 20, 2019, 7:05 PM IST
Saradha scam: Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar files anticipatory bail plea
Kolkata District Judge Sujoy Sengupta accepted ex-top cop Rajeev Kumar's petition in the Saradha scam case. The matter is likely to be heard on September 21.
IndiaSep 17, 2019, 1:06 PM IST
Saradha scam: Special court in Kolkata refuses to hear former top cop Rajeev Kumar's anticipatory bail plea
Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar moved a special court in Barasat on Tuesday (September 17), seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a CBI notice to him
IndiaSep 16, 2019, 5:33 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee to meet PM Modi as former Kolkata top cop faces CBI heat in Saradha scam
The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is known for raising her voice against the BJP and PM Narendra Modi
IndiaSep 13, 2019, 7:36 PM IST
Saradha scam: Kolkata high court vacates order granting protection for police commissioner Rajeev Kumar
The Kolkata high court also rejected police commissioner Rajeev Kumar's prayer for quashing of a CBI notice that sought his appearance for questioning in the case. In 2014, the Supreme Court ordered a probe into the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam and transferred the case to the CBI.
IndiaAug 15, 2019, 1:55 PM IST
CBI officers who probed Saradha scam and 2G case get President’s police medal
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.
IndiaApr 7, 2019, 3:15 PM IST
Kolkata police slapped CBI official with false case of traffic rule violation to intimidate Saradha scam probe
On February 3, a CBI team was detained by Kolkata Police. This was not the first time the central investigation agency was harassed by the local police for looking into the role of “influential persons” in Saradha and Rose Valley chit fund scams.
IndiaApr 6, 2019, 6:34 PM IST
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IndiaApr 6, 2019, 2:18 PM IST
Former Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar in fresh trouble as CBI goes to Supreme Court seeking his arrest
The CBI said that Rajeev Kumar is not answering the questions asked by the sleuths correctly. The CBI has also expressed apprehension that Kumar can destroy evidence related to the Saradha scam.
IndiaFeb 12, 2019, 6:42 PM IST
Harrowing tale of Saradha victims: Chased, threatened, left with no money or jobs and forced to commit suicide
Amid the drama around CBI's raid and Rajeev Kumar's questioning, and the din created by blames and counter-blames by the politicians, one should not forget the people whose lives have been completely destroyed by the Saradha, Rose Valley and other chit fund scams.
IndiaFeb 10, 2019, 11:27 AM IST
CBI roasts Rajeev Kumar for 8 hours, graft-accused Kolkata Police chief remains defiant
Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar chose not to cooperate with the CBI even after the Supreme Court directed him to appear before the agency and "faithfully" help them in the investigation
IndiaFeb 6, 2019, 4:21 PM IST
Saradha: Brain behind Bengal's chit fund scam was a naxal
This is the story of transformation of a Maoist inspired by naxal Charu Majumdar, whose heart once bled for the have nots, into a con man who bled that very section of society
IndiaFeb 6, 2019, 11:58 AM IST
IndiaFeb 4, 2019, 7:32 PM IST
Killer Saradha: Suicides, murder, savings of a lifetime wiped off, all in Mamata Raj
The Bengal chief minister, expectedly, has complained of being targeted by the Modi government ahead of the elections, but a long list of suicides and murders in the wake of the Saradha scam bear testimony to how the lives of poor depositors were ripped apart.
ViewsFeb 4, 2019, 3:49 PM IST
Mamata furious because BJP has hit her source of fund for Lok Sabha polls?
With several accused in the different cases of chit fund scams close to the Bengal chief minister, chances are high that the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC was the final destination of the ill-gotten money from Saradha and Rose Valley, the money Bengal's ruling party could use in the Lok Sabha election campaign.
ViewsFeb 4, 2019, 2:23 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee’s tragicomedy: Brazen defence of chit fund scamsters of Bengal
Mamata Banerjee has been staging a dharna (sit-in) against the attempts by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to question Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar over his alleged connection with the multi-crore Saradha and Rose Valley chit fund scams.