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MHA has recommended disciplinary action against former CBI chief alok verma for having misused his official position and also for violating the service rules. Verma's ouster from CBI- okayed by the selection panel comprising PM Narendra Modi, then CJI nominee Justice A K Sikri and then Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge- in January 2019 was based on the recommendation of the CVC.

The Central Vigilance Commission had last year severely indicted former CBI director Alok Kumar Verma in three major cases — bribing of CBI officers to dilute cases involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi, excluding a key suspect from the FIR in the IRCTC scam, and attempting to induct tainted officers into the agency. The CVC’s findings had played a key role in the decision to remove Verma from CBI.

CBI director alok verma issued a candid statement on Friday through the CBI spokesperson’s office in his defence after the CVC opened an enquiry against him. The CBI statement was intended to defend its chief from allegations levelled by 1984 batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana, currently special director in the agency.

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge on Thursday gave a dissent note during a meeting of the high-profile panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against its decision to shunt out CBI director alok verma, two days after he was reinstated by the Supreme Court.

alok verma, who was removed as CBI director by the PM-led selection panel on Thursday, has resigned from service, according to officials. In his resignation letter Verma has said that it was a moment of "collective introspection", according to news agency PTI.

The high-powered selection panel headed by PM Narendra Modi on Thursday decided to remove alok verma as the chief of CBI. Verma, a 1979-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, has been removed from the post on charges of corruption and dereliction of duty making him the first chief in the history of the agency to face such action.

The ministry of home affairs on Wednesday cleared the name of 1979-batch AGMUT cadre officer alok verma as the next police chief of Delhi.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to examine selection process for appointment of alok verma as CBI Director with Center also refused to place minutes of meeting high power committee which finalized his name.

alok verma, who has been removed from the post of CBI director by a high-powered selection committee, has claimed that he was transferred on the basis of "false, unsubstantiated and frivolous allegations" made by only one person who was inimical to him. The high-powered committee headed by PM Modi removed Verma from the post on charges of corruption.

A constable has written an emotional letter to top cop alok verma highlighting the plight of policemen from lower ranks and their long working hours.

The debt-ridden family of alok verma, which allegedly committed suicide after consuming poison on Friday night in Ghaziabad’s Masuri, had been going through a financial crisis since the last few months, neighbours said.

CVC's recommendation that former CBI chief alok verma be probed in meat exporter Moin Qureshi's case is backed by four RAW telephone intercepts of controversial Hyderabad businessman Satish Babu Sana. The CVC's 300-page report to the SC has intercepts of conversations where Dubai-based persons discuss having spoken to "No 1" to get Sana relief in the Qureshi case.

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Corruption and dereliction of duty flagged by the CVC in its inquiry report, citing telephone interceptions by external spy agency RAW, led to the unceremonious exit of alok verma as the CBI chief, the first in the probe agency's over 50-year history. The high-powered panel led by PM Modi considered the CVC report which levelled eight counts of charges against Verma.

The government decision comes ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on Friday on a plea filed by an NGO challenging the appointment of Rakesh Asthana as acting director of the CBI after the retirement of Anil Sinha.

CBI deputy SP Devender Kumar on Thursday moved the Delhi high court against director alok verma's decision to reverse transfer orders of various officers. The plea is likely to be listed for hearing on Friday before Justice Najmi Waziri

The CBI, which is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis due to infighting, has clarified that alok verma will continue to be the director of the agency and Rakesh Asthana will remain special director.

The Supreme Court, which is hearing CBI director alok verma's plea against the Centre's decision to divest him of powers and send him on leave, on Thursday said the essence of government action must be in the interest of the institution.

While CBI chief alok verma and special director Rakesh Asthana have been sent on leave, the government on Wednesday appointed M Nageshwar Rao as interim chief. Rao, IPS, was working as a joint director in the agency. The govt's action comes a day after high-voltage drama involving director alok verma and special director Rakesh Asthana in the Delhi high court.

In an unprecedented move, CBI director alok verma and special director Rakesh Asthana have been sent on leave amid an ongoing spat between them. While the government maintained that the officers were sent on leave in accordance with the recommendations of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and the decision was necessary for a fair probe, the opposition hinted at a larger conspiracy at play.

The court has issued notices to the Centre, CBI, CVC, special CBI director Rakesh Asthana, Verma and Rao asking them to respond to it by November 12. The CVC had on November 12 filed in the apex court its preliminary enquiry report.