Probe against CBI director Alok Verma finds ‘nothing substantial’ : Report
NEW DELHI: The Central Vigilance Commission inquiry into the Rs 2 crore bribe charges against CBI director Alok Verma has found "nothing substantial", sources informed to The Times of India.
The probe against Verma, who was sent on leave on October 23 along with CBI special director Rakesh Asthana was supervised by former Supreme Court judge AK Patnaik. The Central Bureau of Investigation registered an FIR against Asthana on October 15 while the officer had written to the cabinet secretary against Verma on August 24.
A report on the preliminary inquiry, which was completed on Friday, is being finalised and would be submitted on Monday before the Chief Justice-led bench.
The cabinet secretary had forwarded Asthana's complaint to the CVC regarding allegations of a Rs 2 crore bribe being paid to Verma by Hyderabad-based businessman Sathish Babu Sana, a co-accused in multiple cases under investigation against meat exporter Moin Qureshi.
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Put petty politics aside; it's not about one party, but India: Rahul on TMC's loss in polls
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday termed the BJP's victory in Bengal and Assam assembly polls a "theft" of the mandate, and a big step forward in the saffron party's mission to "destroy" Indian democracy.
Gandhi also came out in support of the TMC, which has been trounced by the BJP in the polls, and urged those gloating over the loss of Mamata Banerjee's party to put petty politics aside.
"Some in the Congress, and others, are gloating about TMC's loss.They need to understand this clearly - the theft of Assam and Bengal's mandate is a big step forward by the BJP in its mission to destroy Indian democracy," Gandhi said in a post on X.
"Put petty politics aside. This is not about one party or another. This is about India," he said in his post.
The BJP ousted Trinamool Congress from power in Bengal and captured power for the third time in a row in Assam in results of assembly polls declared on Monday.
