CBIvsCBI: There was clinching evidence against Rakesh Asthana, ex-investigating officer

By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: February 28, 2020 1:31:06 pm

Former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana. A Delhi court was Friday told that there were “clinching evidence” against former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana in a bribery case in which he was recently given a clean chit.

Special CBI judge Sanjeev Aggarwal was told by Ajay Kumar Bassi, the former investigating officer in the case, that the current IO, Satish Dagar, was trying to “save” Asthana and other public servants.

The court had on February 12 expressed displeasure over the Central Bureau of Investigation’s investigation into the case and it had asked why the accused with bigger roles were roaming free while the probe agency had arrested its own deputy superintendent of police.