Bhubaneswar: A team of Kolkata Police was in the city on Tuesday to probe into the involvement of an Enforcement Directorate official in a fraud case. The Kolkata police team sought help of Nayapali police to interrogate the senior ED official, over his alleged involvement in a cheating case in a mall in Jharkhand.
According to reports, one Rajeev Kumar, an advocate of Jharkhand, has been arrested in connection with this case. Kumar was nabbed allegedly while receiving Rs 50 lakh from a Kolkata-based businessman against whom he had filed a PIL in Ranchi High Court.
He had demanded Rs 10 crore to withdraw the PIL and settled at Rs 1 crore for which the first installment of Rs 50 lakh was paid, reports added.
