New Delhi: The supreme court will hear CBI’s plea challenging the anticipatory bail granted to senior West Bengal cadre IPS officer Rajeev Kumar in connection with multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam. The plea is likely to be heard after Diwali.

The hearing is scheduled for October 17 wherein Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will represent the CBI, before a bench of Chief justice B R Gavai and justice K Vinod Chandran.

The solicitor general has requested the court that CBI’s petition be considered along with other pending cases, including a contempt plea, for a complete understanding of the matter.

CBI’s petition along with other pending cases will be heard on Friday. According to the Kumar’s counsel, the officer has not been summoned by the CBI for questioning even once in the last six

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