West Bengal: The Mamata Banerjee-led authorities has made former Kolkata police commissioner IPS officer Rajiv Kumar the brand new DGP of the state. He was chosen for this publish after the retirement of Manoj Malviya. Rajiv Kumar, a local of Chandauli district in jap Uttar Pradesh, has had an extended affiliation with controversies. Currently, he’s counted among the many favorite officers of CM Mamata Banerjee. Before that, he was a favorite officer of former CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. Rajiv Kumar’s profession has been linked with each reward and criticism.
When the CBI had began its motion throughout the investigation of the Saradha rip-off, Mamata Banerjee had sat on a dharna over his function. Whereas earlier than that, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) had accused the chief of the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police, Rajiv Kumar, of tapping the telephone of then railway minister Mamata Banerjee whereas being within the opposition in West Bengal in 2009. Later, a decade later, i.e. in 2019, Mamata Banerjee had opposed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe towards Kumar within the Saradha chit fund case.
Who Is IPS Rajiv Kumar?Â
57-year-old Rajiv Kumar is at present the principal secretary within the data and know-how division. He is taken into account near Mamata Banerjee. He is known for his investigation and digital surveillance expertise. The IPS officer of the 1989 batch, Kumar has an engineering diploma from IIT-Roorkee. He has labored on vital posts like commissioner, joint commissioner (STF) and director normal (CID) of Kolkata Police. Under his management, the STF of Kolkata Police was broadly mentioned for its campaigns towards the Maoists.
Relation With Controversies
He performed an vital function in arresting Chhatradhar Mahato, an vital individual of the Lalgarh motion. Kumar, a local of Uttar Pradesh, needed to face the allegations of TMC’s then nationwide normal secretary Mukul Roy whereas working because the STF chief in 2009. Roy had accused him of tapping the telephone of then railway minister Mamata Banerjee on the behest of the Left Front authorities. In 2011, when the TMC led by Mamata Banerjee got here to energy by defeating the Left Front, an try was made to switch Kumar to a much less vital publish, however senior cops intervened to cease this step.
In 2012, when the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate was established, Kumar grew to become its first commissioner. In 2013, when the Saradha chit fund rip-off got here to gentle and the TMC authorities was beneath heavy strain, Kumar arrested Sudipta Sen and Debjani Mukherjee, the chairman and companion of the Saradha group, from Kashmir. Kumar led the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and because of his proximity to the ruling authorities, he acquired each reward and criticism.
