<span style="color: #222222;">Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar failed to appear before the CBI today in connection with the Saradha ponzi scam case.<br />''<br />''Sources said the agency had given him notice to appear at 10 AM but he did not appear.<br />''<br />''Earlier also Kumar did not appear for questioning twice despite CBI notices after the Kolkata High Court withdrew the protection given to him from arrest on Friday.<br />''<br />''According to official sources CBI has started proceeding on other options available to it under the law.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, special court in Barasat today refused to hear Kumar's anticipatory bail plea.<br />''<br />''He had moved the court today in connection with the CBI notice.<br />''<br />''The special court judge Sanjib Talukdar refused to hear Kumar's plea, saying the court does not have jurisdiction to hear anticipatory bail prayers.<br />''<br />''The Saradha group of companies had allegedly duped lakhs of people of 2,500 crore rupees, promising higher rates of returns on their investments.</span><br />