According to an order issued by the West Bengal government on December 26 former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar has been posted as the principal secretary in the Information, Technology and the Electronics Department.
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Rajeev Kumar will replace Debasish Sen, who was given an additional charge of the department as the additional chief secretary.
He was currently posted as the Additional DG of state CID.
Debasish Sen will now be the CMD of the West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (HIDCO) with an additional charge of Nabadiganta Industrial Township.
IPS Rajeev Kumar was part of a Special Investigation Team set up by the state government to investigate the Saradha chit fund scam before the case went to the CBI in 2014. The scam was unearthed in 2013 during Kumar’s tenure as Bidhannagar police commissioner.
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The Saradha Group financial scandal was a major financial scam and alleged political scandal caused by the collapse of a Ponzi scheme run by Saradha Group, a consortium of over 200 private companies. The Saradha group of companies allegedly duped lakhs of people to the tune of Rs 2,500 crore, promising higher rates of return on their investments. In May 2014, the Supreme Court of India, inter-state ramifications, possible international money laundering, serious regulatory failures and alleged political nexus, transferred all investigations into the Saradha scam and other Ponzi schemes to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). More Info
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