The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Calcutta police commissioner to “faithfully cooperate” with the CBI at all times but restrained the agency from taking any “coercive steps, including arrest”. Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar will be questioned in the neutral Shillong in Meghalaya to avoid “unnecessary controversy”, the apex court added. Venugopal and solicitor-general Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the Centre, and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who represented the Bengal government. The Chief Justice had said on Monday that the court would “come down heavily” on Kumar, which “he would regret”, if the allegations turned out to be true. They must answer it as it happens immediately, two days after a political rally (a reference to Modi’s rally in Bengal),” Singhvi said.

Source: The Telegraph February 05, 2019 22:07 UTC