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CBI vs CBI: Rakesh gets clean chit
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday gave a clean chit to former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana and R&AW Chief Samant Goel in a bribery case registered by the agency in 2018.
New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday gave a clean chit to former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana and R&AW Chief Samant Goel in a bribery case registered by the agency in 2018.
The CBI has chargesheeted Dubai-based private person Manoj Prasad, whom it had earlier arrested. The CBI also found the call details between Prasad and complainant Sathish Sana Babu.
The investigating agency has moved an application in the court contending that further probe against his brother, Somesh and Sunil Mittal, is required.
According to the CBI officials, there is "no evidence" that shows Asthana ever demanded or paid any bribe to save complainant Babu in the money laundering case related to the controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi.
The CBI also concluded that there was no connection between Asthana and Prasad. The CBI also stated that "there was no role of any public servant" in the discussion Babu had with Prasad.
CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla agreed with Investigating Officer Satish Dagar and four others in the hierarchy that "no case" was made out against public servants, including Asthana.
