CBI must imediately respond on ex-director Ranjit Sinha case, says CPI leader D Raja

Senior Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D Raja said that the Supreme Court's (SC) observation on former CBI director Ranjit Sinha's involvement with the 2G and coal scam accused needed an immediate response.

"It is not an ordinary observation but a serious one that has been made by the Supreme Court against the former CBI director in his alleged involvement with those accused in the 2G and coal scam cases while the investigation was going on. The CBI must respond to the allegations that have been leveled against the pioneering investigative agency of the country," D Raja told ANI.

The CPI also demanded Home Minister Rajnath Singh's response on the matter.

"We also want the government, the Home Ministry to respond on the matter," D Raja told ANI.

The Supreme Court has ruled that former CBI director Ranjit Sinha's meeting with 2G scam accused at his residence was 'totally improper', and directed the Central Vigilance Commission to look into the matter.

Eminent senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against Sinha in 2014, seeking his removal for allegedly compromising investigations into the 2G and Coal block cases. He had further presented to the court a visitor's logbook of Sinha's Delhi residence as evidence to the claim that Sinha used to meet people associated with the scams during the investigation of the same.