Firms linked to Rao’s wife raided by cops
Kolkata: A day before Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar’s scheduled questioning by the CBI, the city police on Friday conducted raids on two properties, allegedly linked to Nageswara Rao’s wife.
Kolkata, Feb. 8: A day before Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar’s scheduled questioning by CBI sleuths, the city police on Friday conducted raids on two properties of a non- banking finance company, allegedly linked to the agency’s former interim director Nageswara Rao’s wife, a police officer said.
The raids were conducted in two offices of Angela Mercantiles Pvt. Ltd as part of the city police’s probe into an old complaint lodged nat the Bowbazar police station, the officer said.
A team of around 30 police officers raided the two offices, allegedly linked to Mr Rao’s wife Mannem Sandhya, he said.
“There have been a series of transactions between the company and Mannem Sandhya. We are looking into the matter,” the police officer said.
In a statement, Mr Rao said, “I deny the linkage of this firm with my family members as reported by some media outlets today. In the light of certain media reports linking my family members with a company on which Kolkata police has carried out raids, I want to state that I had already clarified regarding this issue through a signed press statement on 30th October, 2018.”
“Complete details of all property of my family and mine have already been submitted in my annual property return submitted to the government,” the statement said. — PTI