2G case in-charge among 20 SPs, ASPs shunted by acting CBI chief

NEW DELHI: Just three days before the PM Modi-led selection committee is to decide on the next CBI chief, the agency's interim director M Nageswara Rao on Monday transferred 20 officers, including 13 superintendents of police (SPs) and 7 additional SPs (ASPs).

Among the transferred officers are SP Vivek Priyadarshi, who was handling the crucial ACB Delhi unit probing the 2G spectrum scam, and SP Nirbhay Kumar who has been given additional charge of ACB Jodhpur alongwith SP Economic Offences-II wing.

Some other SPs who were shifted by Rao are - AT Durai Kumar (moved from EO Chennai to ACB Chennai), Prem Gautam (SP EO-III New Delhi will hold additional charge of deputy director administration) and Mohit Gupta, who has been moved from ACB Ghaziabad to bank securities and fraud cell (BS&FC) in Delhi . Interestingly, Mohit Gupta was recently brought to the Delhi anti-corruption unit by Alok Verma when he briefly took charge before his unceremonious exit, and was made in-charge of the case against Rakesh Asthanawho has since been moved out of the CBI.

However, as soon as Verma was removed by the selection panel, Rao overturned all the transfers ordred by him.