New Delhi: CBI Deputy SP AK Bassi, the former probe officer in the alleged corruption case against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana, moved the Supreme Court today against his transfer.
Bassi said his transfer to Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 24 October is ‘malafide and derails a sensitive probe’ and added that allegations against Asthana are ‘grave’.
He further sought an urgent hearing on his plea against the transfer on 2 November. The top court said it will look into it.
The Supreme Court also directed the Hyderabad Police to provide adequate security to businessman Satish Sana, the complainant in the alleged bribery case against Rakesh Asthana.
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices U U Lalit and K M Joseph refused to stay CBI summons against Sana and also rejected his plea for recording of his statement in presence of retired former SC judge A K Patnaik.
Sana, on whose complaint an FIR was registered against the CBI Special Director, had moved the apex court on Monday seeking police protection and a stay on the notice issued by the agency summoning him for interrogation.