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Supreme Court issues notice to CBI on transfer of AK Bassi

Bassi was the officer leading the team that is investigation alleged corruption by former CB deputy chief Rakesh Asthana.

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Supreme Court issues notice to CBI on transfer of AK Bassi
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The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and its interim director M Nageswara Rao over the agency's order transferring DSP AK Bassi to Port Blair.

The top court issued the notice after hearing a petition by Bassi against his transfer. Bassi was the officer leading the investigation of corruption charges against former CBI deputy chief Rakesh Asthana.

Bassi had moved the court on January 21, 10 days after he received his fresh transfer orders. This was the second time he was being handed a transfer to Port Blair. He had been transferred on October 24, 2018. He was posted back to Delhi in January, after he appealed to then CBI Director Alok Verma.

Bassi had appealed against his latest transfer to Part Blair, saying he was being targeted by CBI interim director Rao. He told the court that it was a result of malafide intentions with the aim of influencing the investigation of corruption charges against Asthana.

He further expressed apprehension that the transfer is part of a plot to have him implicated in some wrongdoing, with the aim of using that as leverage against him to influence the Asthana investigation.

Bassi also told the court that he was not claiming any right to be put back on the team investigating Rakesh Asthana.

He was part of a number of officers who had been given transfer orders to different parts of the country in 'public interest'. Asthana had written to the Central Vigilance Commission that Bassi was carrying out 'roving inquiries' against him on the directions of Alok Verma.

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