Kolkata Police reached the house of Jharkhand High Court Advocate, Rajiv Kumar at Gaurishankar Nagar of Argora police station area on Thursday. He was arrested by Kolkata Police on July 31 when he was in a mall with his son in Kolkata. A complaint of cheating of Rs 50 lakh was registered against Kumar in a Kolkata police station.
The action was taken by the Lalbazar Anti Rowdy Squad (ARS) police team of the Central Kolkata area in collaboration with Hair Street police station. At that time Rajiv was roaming in the mall with his son Abhed. After this the police arrested him. It is said that he had allegedly filed a public interest litigation in the High Court of Jharkhand against a businessman from Kolkata. He accused Kumar of demanding Rs 10 crore manage the PIL. Kolkata Police claims to have arrested him with Rs 50 lakh. Rajiv Kumar had gone to Kolkata to plead in a case of the National Green Tribunal, said sources.
A couple of days earlier the Bar Council followed the wait and watch policy in the arrest of Kumar. Jharkhand State Bar Council President, Rajendra Krishna has said that the matter related to Kumar has come before the Court. In the initial phase, only allegations have been levelled against Kumar, there is still time for the conviction, the decision of the case and further action. In such a situation, the council is also monitoring the whole situation. If any person makes a complaint with the Council, then on the basis of the facts given in the complaint, the Council will decide whether a case of professional misconduct is made out or not. Along with this, the Council will also wait for the decision of the court.
Giving information about the arrest of the advocate, Kolkata Police have written a letter to the secretary of the Jharkhand State Bar Council.
It has been written in the letter that Rajiv Kumar, a resident of Gauri Shankar Nagar of Argora police station area, was arrested on July 31 at 9 pm. Lawyer Rajeev Kumar has been caught by the police with lakhs of rupees after a complaint by a Kolkata-based businessman. Even before this, lawyer Rajiv Kumar has been very popular in Jharkhand. In recent days, he fought as a lawyer in public interest litigation filed on many burning issues and also won in them.