Rajeev Kumar, an IPS officer, was part of a Special Investigation Team set up by the state government to investigate the Saradha chit fund scam, before the Supreme Court handed over the case to the CBI in 2014.
Hearing the plea, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bodbe told the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that he must have top convince him on why Kumar's arrest is necessary as he is a high-ranking officer.
If Kumar was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the case, he would have to be released immediately on bail by an appropriate court on two sureties of Rs 50,000 each, one of whose properties would have to be in the jurisdiction of Kolkata, it was held.
The court asked Rajeev Kumar to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two persons as surety in order to get the relief.
Sitharaman pointed out that a drive has been started to clear all pending dues besides, an online portal will be created to monitor the clearance.
According to a CBI source, the officers went to Nabanna to hand over four letters, two addressed to the state DGP Virendra, and one each to state chief secretary Moloy De and home secretary Alapan Banerjee, seeking information regarding the whereabouts of Kumar, who according to a government source, is on leave from 9 September to 25 September.
The CBI team was active throughout the day after Kumar failed to appear at the time specified.
After the Calcutta High Court withdrew his protection from arrest, the CBI on Friday served a notice to Kumar, asking him to appear before the investigating team on Saturday.
The probe agency has claimed that ex-Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar had destroyed the evidence in the chit fund scam when he headed the SIT.
While both she and Sudipto Sen are in custody, no prayer has been made to examine the phone so that the calls received and made can be checked to follow the money trail in the scam case, it was pointed out.
