New Delhi: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for obstructing CBI officials from performing their duty in the ponzi scam case. Prasad said the Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar was being protected as he knew some secrets.

While addressing a press conference here, Union Minister said West Bengal CM did not even make a remark when some people were arrested in connection with the case but she chose to sit on a dharna to rescue  Rajeev Kumar, who appeared to be a secret-keeper in the Saradha chit fund scam. Prasad said,  "Why is she so distraught on the arrest of an IPS officer? The total suspicious circumstances surrounding all this clearly indicates that the Commissioner knows a lot. Therefore he has to be saved.”

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Prasad also questioned Congress President Rahul Gandhi for backing Banerjee over the CBI row as he had in May 2014 tweeted that 20 lakh people had lost their money in the chit fund scam.

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Prasad also said that CBI went to Kumar's official residence without notice in order to save documents from getting destroyed. He said, "The CBI team went to Kumar's official residence without required warrants in order to ensure that more documents were not destroyed. Prasad further said, "The CBI sent him summons thrice. However, he did not come saying either he was busy in maintaining law and order or Durga puja,”

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