Firm linked to ex-CBI interim director Nageswara Rao's wife raided in Kolkata

A day before Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar's scheduled questioning by CBI sleuths, the city police 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 senior police officer said.

The raids were conducted in two offices of Angela Mercantiles Pvt. Ltd. -- one in the city and the other in adjoining Salt Lake -- as part of the city police's probe into an old complaint lodged at the Bowbazar Police Station, the officer said.

A team of around 30 police officers raided the two offices, allegedly linked to 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, Rao, who is currently the additional director of CBI, said, "I deny the linkage of this firm with my family members as reported by some media outlets today."