CBI gives clean chit to Rakesh Asthana in a case of bribery

The CBI on Tuesday gave a clean chit to its former special director Rakesh Asthana and DSP Devender Kumar in an alleged bribery and extortion case against the duo and others.

Filing a chargesheet in the case, which was registered on directions of former CBI director Alok Verma, who was then locked in a turf war with Asthana, the CBI has dropped both as accused.

In its chargesheet filed before Special CBI Judge Sanjeev Kumar, the agency has, however, arraigned alleged middleman Manoj Prasad as an accused in the case and said that the probe against his brother — Somesh Prasad – and one Sunil Mittal is yet to be concluded.