By Bhupen Goswami (PNI)

Guwahati : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will quiz Rajeev Kumar, Police Commissioner of Kolkata in Shillong on February 9 in connection with the Saradha scam.Kumar, a 1989-batch IPS officer, he was heading the SIT formed by the West Bengal government to probe Saradha and other similar ponzi scheme cases. The CBI has attached 10 officers from its Delhi, Bhopal and Lucknow units to its Kolkata office, which is probing the chit-fund scam cases, till February 20 to provide additional manpower during questioning of high-profile suspects, including the Kolkata police chief.As directed by the Supreme Court, Mr. Kumar will be questioned at Shillong in Meghalaya,” said a CBI official. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court while hearing an application moved by the CBI had directed Mr. Kumar to appear before the agency in Shillong and cooperate in the investigation. It also told the CBI that no coercive steps, including arrest, must be taken against him. The next hearing has been fixed for February 20.Ahead of Mr. Kumar’s questioning, the agency has temporarily transferred 10 officials to Kolkata. The officials, including a Superintendent of Police (SP), three Assistant SPs and two Deputy SPs, will work with Kolkata’s Economic Offence Wing of the agency from February 8 to 20. They will report to the Joint Director.