CVC recommends disciplinary action against ex-CBI boss Alok Verma
Explaining the action, the source said that Verma may lose his retirement benefits as per the rules.
Explaining the action, the source said that Verma may lose his retirement benefits as per the rules.
Along with Verma, the personal telephone numbers of his wife, daughter and son-in-law would eventually get placed on the list too, making it a total of 8 numbers from this one family. Two other senior CBI officials, Asthana and A.K. Sharma were also in the list, said The Wire report
Petition filed by NGO Common Cause has challenged the Central government's 10 January order appointing M Nageswara Rao as the interim director of CBI
The NGO contended that the Selection Committee has been completely bypassed by the union government which has arbitrarily, without any jurisdiction, appointed Rao as interim Director on January 10.
"It is clear that after acting as an ambassador, after lobbying for Asthana, doing advocacy for him, the CVC is writing a report which is the entire basis for the committee's decision," said Singhvi.
Reacting to the development, Gandhi tweeted: "When the scales of justice are tampered with, anarchy reigns."
Verma, a 1979-batch IPS officer from AGMUT cadre, was transferred from the position of CBI director to Director General, Fire Service, Civil Defence and Home Guards under the Home Ministry Thursday.
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the government had appointed senior IPS officers Rakesh Asthana as Special Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in October 2017.
"CBI must function without external influences. I have tried to uphold the integrity of the institution while attempts were being made to destroy it,” said Verma.
Nageswara Rao had earlier been appointed as the interim Director of the premier investigating agency on October 23 after the then CBI Director Verma was divested of his powers and sent on leave.
