New Delhi: CBI Director (in-charge) M Nageswar Rao has “turned down” a proposal conveyed “orally” by the then director Alok Verma to re-open a case of alleged corruption against Income Tax officers and a middleman, saying it was a policy decision which he could not take in light of a Supreme Court order. A CBI […]
New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of removing CBI Director Alok Verma in a bid to stop him from investigating the Rafale “scam”. He also alleged that the prime minister “broke the law” and “bypassed” the Chief Justice of India and the Leader of Opposition, who were part of […]
New Delhi: CBI director Alok Verma and his deputy Rakesh Asthana have been moved out of the agency to maintain the premier investigating agency’s institutional integrity and fairness, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said hours after the government stripped them of their charge. “Officers under cloud must stand out as interim measure,” Arun Jaitley said, pointing […]
