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Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Monday removed West Bengals Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar and ordered he be shifted to non-election-related posts with immediate effect..
Welcoming the ECI action and alleging that Kumars proximity to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wouldnt give a level-playing field to opposition parties, Bengal BJP chief and MP Sukanta Majumdar told ThePrint: One Rajeev Kumar has been relieved from election duties; there are many smaller Rajeev Kumars in the district police..
In 2013, when the Saradha chit fund scam broke, Mamata appointed Kumar to head the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case.. Kumar arrested Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen and his close aide Debjani Mukherjee from a hotel in Kashmir..
He also arrested then TMC Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh in connection with the case.. Six years later, the CBI interrogated Ghosh and Kumar in Shillong in the same case after which the IPS officer secured anticipatory bail and no coercive action assurance from the Calcutta High Court...
In his book Dial D for Don, former Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar praised Kumars role as a CID officer in the 2002 American Center attack in Kolkata and the 2001 high-profile kidnapping case of Khadim owner Parthapratim Roy Burman...
