CBI Delhi Anti-Coruption head given another charge but would continue Rakesh Asthana alleged graft probe

ANI  |  New Delhi [India] 

A officer probing CBI's Joint Asthana in an alleged bribery case was on Friday shifted to another responsibility, but he will continue to probe the matter.

Goswami, a Joint is currently the of zone.

Other than this, Bhanu Bhaskar Joint Director, CBI who was of Academic CBI, has also been relieved and given charge to probe high level and sensitive Bihar's Muzaffarpur home shelter case only.

CBI Asthana had been involved with an internal fight with probe agency's Director

The CBI had filed an FIR against Asthana for allegedly accepting a bribe from a businessman, who was related to case. Asthana was heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that was probing Qureshi's case.

Asthana had in past said that the was trying to thwart investigations in important cases.

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First Published: Fri, January 04 2019. 22:25 IST