Four people were found lurking outside the official residence of Alok Verma on Thursday, the ousted Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director, who was divested of his powers on Wednesday. They are being questioned by the Delhi Police.
#WATCH: Earlier visuals of two of the four people (who were seen outside the residence of #AlokVerma) being taken for questioning. #CBI #Delhi pic.twitter.com/2KnqNfrnH0
— ANI (@ANI) October 25, 2018
A Delhi Police official, requesting anonymity, told ANI that the four men are Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials. “We asked them to deposit their documents for identification. They came in two vehicles,” the Police official added.
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After internal fighting in the premier investigative agency of India took a very public ugly turn, the government divested the CBI director Alok Verma and special director Rakesh Asthana of thier roles and asked them to go on leave.
Asthana and Verma were at loggerheads on several issues and accused each other of blocking investigation of several important cases.
The CBI had recently filed an FIR against Asthana for allegedly accepting a bribe from a businessman, who was linked to Moin Akhtar Qureshi case. Asthana was heading the
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Special Investigation Team (SIT) that was probing Qureshi’s case.
Amid this tug of war, M Nageshwar Rao was appointed as the interim director of the CBI with immediate effect on Wednesday.
Alok Verma’s challenged to the government’s order removing him as director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in front of the Supreme Court.It will be heard on Friday.
(ANI)
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