CBI
In the best of my knowledge.... Why did Modi remove the CBI head who was about to start an investigation in the Rafale deal? As per the law, CBI cannot investigate anything unless the Central Government notifies that case.[As per the Act CBI can investigate only with notification by the Central Government] So how was Alok Verma going to investigate a case which was not even notified by the government? Further, if we assume Alok Verma was going to do it on his own then a question arises how come it come in public domain? A CBI officer’s utmost responsibility is secrecy and so he being the Director failed to maintain integrity and secrecy. Next question is on whose complaint was he to start an investigation? Prashant Bhushan, Arun Shourie, and Yashwant Sinha had been meeting Alok Verma of late in private. So a CBI chief starts an investigation on mere hearsay of a private individual when even SC has decided not to go into Rafale’s price and technical details. So if a...