Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Joint Director Sai Manohar reportedly arrived at the CBI office in Kolkata's CGO Complex on Saturday, likely in connection with the investigation of former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who is suspected to have links with the Saradha financial scandal.

After the Calcutta High Court withdrew his protection from CBI arrests on Friday, the noose continues to tighten steadily around Kumar who is being investigated by the intelligence agency in connection with the Saradha scandal, a multi-crore Ponzi scheme financial fiasco which left thousands of investors penniless in Bengal. Following the High Court ruling, the CBI reached the ex-top cop's doorstep on Friday and served him a notice, asking him to appear before the investigating agency at 10 AM on Saturday. However, according to the latest updates, the former top cop is yet to arrive.

On Friday, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Shakespeare Sarani Police Station and the Additional OC from the Park Street station had arrived at Kumar's residence in 34, Park Street to serve him the notice. Sources said that Kumar is currently on a ten-day leave.

On Friday, a High Court Bench headed by Justice Madhumita Mitra while reading out the judgement had said that providing interim protection against CBI's arrests is equivalent to obstruction of justice by interrupting due procedure.

Rajeev Kumar, who is currently the West Bengal CID Additional Director General, was part of a Special Investigation Team set up by the state government to investigate the scam before the Supreme Court handed over the case to the CBI in 2014, along with other chit fund cases.

The Saradha Chit Fund Scam is a multi crore-rupee scam, agencies say it would be around 2,000 crores but both investigating agencies - ED and CBI are yet to reach a conclusion on the exact amount of the chit fund scam. The scam duped lakhs of people in the state promising higher rates of returns on their investments.