New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to file a petition in the Supreme Court on Monday against the investigating officer in the coal allocation scam, who was caught taking a bribe of Rs 15 lakh on Friday.
The CBI Internal Intelligence Unit nabbed Vivek Dutt in an operation that was personally supervised by the agency's director Ranjit Sinha. However, CBI sources said the bribe was not related to the coal scam. Rs 15 lakh cash has been recovered from Dutt.
The CBI is set to inform the Supreme Court about the case since the apex court had ruled that no official associated with the probe into the scam will be transferred without informing it.
Dutt and three others were on May 18 sent to three days in the CBI's custody by a Delhi court for allegedly taking a bribe from a businessman to favour him in a land dispute case....
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10:56 AM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday sent Vivek Dutt, a CBI officer heading the probe into the allocation of coal blocks, to the custody of the probe agency till May 21 for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 7 lakh from a businessman for settling a land dispute. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge VK Gupta sent Dutt, inspector Rajesh Karnatak, alleged middleman Rajesh Pachisia and businessman Dinesh...
04:41 AM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: Two officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), including one reportedly investigating the coal scam, were arrested in Delhi while taking a bribe of Rs 7 lakh for settling down a land dispute, an officer said on Friday. Superintendent of Police Vivek Dutt and Inspector Rajesh Karnatak were arrested by the internal vigilance unit of CBI from Lodhi Colony area in south Delhi. "Dutt was taking bribe...
12:12 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official, who is also the Chief Investigating Officer probing the coal block allocation scam, was caught taking a bribe of Rs 15 lakh on Friday. The CBI Internal Intelligence Unit nabbed Vivek Dutt in an operation that was personally supervised by the agency's director Ranjit Sinha. However, CBI sources said the bribe is not related to the coal scam. Rs 15 lakh...
10:08 PM, May 17, 2013
A former CBI director who handled Mayawati's DA case says politicians do put pressure on them and wants the agency to be independent. ...
07:39 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Ranjit Sinha officially took charge as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director on Monday for two year. The 59-year-old's appointment was clouded in controversy with the Opposition crying foul. ...
06:32 AM, Dec 03, 2012
The BJP's internal drama is becoming more bitter by the day. MP and veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani, who was suspended and then issued a show cause notice asking why he should not be expelled, has again written to Nitin Gadkari, this time, slamming senior leaders Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj. ...
03:07 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley has refused to comment on the scathing criticism of him by suspended party leader Ram Jethmalani in a letter addressed toe the party's parliamentary board earlier on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Jaitley said that Jethmalani's remark hinting at his involvement in the CBI director appointment row did not deserve any reply. ...
11:53 AM, Nov 27, 2012
Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar has come out in support of senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Ranjit Sinha's appointment as next the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director. Nitish Kumar on Monday said in Patna that a Bihar cadre officer become the chief of the premier investigating agency of the country was a matter of great pride for the state. ...
02:19 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ram Jethmalani has no plans to give up. He has said that he will write yet another letter to party chief Nitin Gadkari, asking him to step down from the post. Nitin Gadkari faces a bevy of corruption charges over his alleged links to Purti Group and role in the Maharashtra irrigation scam. ...
02:14 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Senior Supreme Court lawyer and BJP leader Ram Jethmalani on Sunday challenged the party leadership to take action against him for his stand on the appointment of the new CBI director and party president Nitin Gadkari. ...
07:26 PM, Nov 25, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday indicated it may take disciplinary action against Ram Jethmalani who has demanded party president Nitin Gadkari's resignation and disagreed with the party's stand over the appointment of new CBI director. ...
08:43 AM, Nov 25, 2012
A day after the two leaders of opposition questioned the appointment of Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police Ranjit Sinha as the new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), support for the government came from unexpected quarters. Senior Supreme Court lawyer and BJP leader Ram Jethmalani congratulated the PM for "averting a national disaster" by appointing Sinha instead of the "other person who wanted to become the CBI chief"....
08:18 AM, Nov 25, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday rejected BJP's demand to keep in abeyance appointment of new CBI Director Ranjit Sinha. Manmohan said the insinuation that appointment was to preempt the procedure recommended by the select committee is wholly unwarranted and devoid of any merit. "I refute the suggestion that appointments to this post in the past by UPA Government were motivated," said Manmohan. Earlier in the day, leaders...
10:34 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: It is not just the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) which is in the eye of a storm. The new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director's appointment is also caught in a political tug of war. Top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh questioning the appointment of the new CBI Director, Ranjit Sinha, before the new Lokpal norms come in. In the...
09:45 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Leaders of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing disapproval over the appointment of the new CBI director in the wake of the tabling of the Select Committee's report on Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha that recommends that a collegium comprising the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India appoint the...
02:21 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Friday withdrew his petition to the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in which he had challenged the government's move to drop his name from the list of candidates for the post of CBI Director. Kumar had alleged that he was overlooked for the post and his name excluded from the list of three IPS officers who were shortlisted for the post of CBI...
12:17 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari on Saturday took a dig at the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government saying that the most important person in the ruling coalition was the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In an interview to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Gadkari said that the BJP would support the Trinamool Congress's (TMC) no-confidence motion in Parliament against FDI in insurance and pension. Below is...
08:18 AM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: Indians are the largest depositors in banks abroad with an estimated $ 500 billion (nearly Rs 24.5 lakh crore) of illegal money stashed by them in tax havens, the CBI Director AP Singh said on Monday. Here is the full text of the CBI Director's speech: On behalf of the Central Bureau of Investigation, I extend a very warm welcome to all of you present here today for...
05:36 PM, Feb 13, 2012
