The Central Bureau of Investigation has sent notices to senior officials of the Bengal Government demanding the relevant papers of previous investigations into the multi-crore Rose Valley chit fund case.
Alleging that the State police had despite repeated requests failed to produce relevant evidentiary documents and other inventories the Agency has written to Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha to arrange for the relevant documents at the earliest.
Apart from the Chief Secretary the CBI has also sent a notice of appearance to the officer on special duty in State Finance, asking him to appear before the Agency on October 18, sources said.
The latest development comes within a month of the CBI facing a judicial reversal in Rajiv Kumar case with the Calcutta High Court allowing anticipatory bail to the former Kolkata Commissioner of Police the Sharada chit fund case.
Following a Supreme Court order the CBI is investigating the larger angle behind the chit fund fraud. Before the CBI begun its investigation the preliminary probe was conducted by a Special Investigation Team led by senior IPS officer Rajiv Kumar whom the Agency has accused of non-cooperation.
The CBI says that the State police and in particular Kumar had despite repeated requests failed to produce the relevant papers and inventories to it for the probe to be taken to its logical end.
