CBI vs CBI: Govt curtails tenure of special director Rakesh Asthana
New Delhi: In yet another major shake-up in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the government on Thursday removed the agency’s special director Rakesh Asthana and 3 other senior officials, with immediate effect.
Rakesh Asthanan and former CBI director Alok Verma were involved in a bitter feud before the government sent them on forced leave.
The tenures of three more officers — Joint Director Arun Kumar Sharma, Deputy Inspector General Manish Kumar Sinha and Superintendent of Police Jayant J Naiknavare — have also been curtailed, an official release said.
Asthana has now been moved to Bureau of Civil Aviation, AK Sharma will be ADG, CRPF and MK Sinha to Bureau of Police Research and Development.
Asthana’s removal comes days ahead of the meeting of Prime Minister-led Selection committee which is likely to decide the next CBI director.
Last week, CBI director Alok Verma was shunted out from his high-profile assignment to Fire Services department.
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