<span style="color: #222222;">CBI Director Alok Verma, who was reinstated to the post by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, has been transferred.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He was on Thursday appointed Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Selection Committee, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which appoints the CBI chief took the decision.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The three-member committee also comprises Leader of the single largest Opposition party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi's nominee, Justice A K Sikri.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Sources said the committee found Alok Verma's continuance in the post detrimental to institutional integrity. The decision was taken by a majority with Mallikarjun Kharge opposing the move.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet said M Nageshwar Rao, presently Additional Director, CBI will look after the duties of the Director.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Alok Verma was sent on forced leave by the government in a late-night order on 28th October last year in the wake of a feud between him and his deputy Special Director Rakesh Asthana. Later, he challenged the order in the Supreme Court which reinstated him, quashing the government order.</span><br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | January 10, 2019 9:23 PM
Selection Committee chaired by PM removes Alok Verma as CBI Chief