CBI Vs Mamata: Rajnath calls up WB Guv

New Delhi: In wake of the CBI team being allegedly obstructed by the state police to grill Kolkata Police Commissioner in the 'Saradha Ponzi Scam' case, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to the West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi to take stock of the situation on Monday.

The ministry has decided to deploy central forces at the official and residential premises of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in West Bengal and the MHA is now 'closely monitoring the situation', they said.

The Home Ministry on Sunday evening received information that CBI officers in Kolkata had experienced 'intimidation and threat to personal safety in course of an investigation into the Saradha scam being conducted under the directions of the Supreme Court', they said.

Singh called up the governor to be apprised of the facts of the 'unfortunate and unprecedented situation of CBI officers being manhandled, detained, intimidated and obstructed'.

Tripathi told Singh that he had summoned the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP), asking them to take immediate action to resolve the situation.

Reports also said that the residence of CBI Joint Director was surrounded by Kolkata police.