Highlights

• The Central Bureau of Investigation has raised questions about the hurry shown by a committee headed by the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and including senior government secretaries to induct officers into the agency, while stating that its second senior-most official do not have the mandate to represent the CBI chief in such meetings.
• The CBI’s policy division, with the approval of CBI Director Alok Verma, last week told the CVC that the second senior-most CBI officer, Special Director Rakesh Asthana, did not have the mandate to represent Mr. Verma in the CVC committee meetings because he was under the scanner in several cases.
• All appointments in the CBI above the rank of Superintendent of Police are approved by a five-member committee chaired by the CVC and including two vigilance commissioners and secretaries of the Home Ministry and the Department of Personnel and Training. The CBI chief is an invitee to the committee and has to be consulted.

Source: The Hindu