The Centre on Wednesday moved an application before the Supreme Court seeking extension of tenure of the present ED Director Sanjay Mishra, when his term is set to end on July 31 in accordance with a recent SC judgement.
Prime minister Modi's comments came in his message to the joint conference of CVC and CBI officials at Kavadia in Gujarat via video conferencing.
Explaining the action, the source said that Verma may lose his retirement benefits as per the rules.
On April 20, retired Assam-Meghalaya IAS officer KD Tripathi was appointed for Sanjay Kothari’s replacement as secretary to the President.
While investigating a fraud case, the agency shall be sensitive to the distinction between a bonafide decision and criminal involvement.
The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of the CBI bribery case till November 29.
Sinha, an IPS officer, was part of the investigation team probing Asthana's role in an alleged corruption case linked to meat exporter Moin Qureshi.
The apex court said it will give the CVC report to Alok Verma in a sealed cover and asked him to file his response by Monday after which the court will take a decision.
The court had appointed former apex court judge A K Patnaik to supervise the ongoing inquiry of CVC against CBI chief Alok Verma.
Verma appeared before the panel headed by Chowdary and comprising Vigilance Commissioners Sharad Kumar and T M Bhasin among others.
