NEW DELHI, Feb 4 - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to give an urgent hearing to CBI�s plea alleging destruction of electronic evidence related to the Saradha chit fund scam case by the Kolkata Police commissioner and said it will come down heavily on him if he �even remotely� tries to destroy the evidence.
The apex court said it will hear on Tuesday probe agency�s applications which alleged that an extraordinary situation has arisen in which the top police officials of the West Bengal Police are sitting on a dharna along with a political party in Kolkata.
The applications accusing Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar of destroying evidence related to the case and indulging in contempt of court were mentioned by Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjeev Khanna.
The bench declined the SG�s plea to hear the two applications on Monday in the post-lunch session.
It said during the interregnum it will be open for the SG or any other party to lay before the court any material or evidence to show that any West Bengal authority or police official is planning or trying to destroy evidence related to the case.
Taking strong note of Mehta�s submission, the bench said �if the police commissioner is even remotely trying to destroy evidence, we will come down so heavily on him that he will regret�.
The top court said all material or evidence and additional documents has to be placed before it by means of affidavit.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been sitting on a dharna since 8.30pm Sunday. On Monday she described her sit-in over the CBI�s attempt to question Kolkata Police chief as a �non-political� protest.
At the outset, the SG said an �extraordinary situation� which has happened yesterday in which CBI officials were arrested in Kolkata and Jt Director, CBI and his family were kept hostage.
He said it was under this �extraordinary situation� that the CBI moved these applications apprhending destruction of electronic evidence. � PTI
