Rakesh Asthana’s complaint against director Alok Verma ‘malicious’ and ‘frivolous’: CBI

“It is unfortunate that baseless and frivolous allegations are being made publicly without proper verification of facts to malign the image of the Director CBI and intimidate the officials of the organization,” the statement said.

As reported by PTI, the statement further said that the CVC has asked for certain case files from the CBI on the basis of a complaint filed by the agency’s special director.

CBI’s chief vigilance officer (CVO), in response to CVC’s letter, pointed out that the complaint is an attempt by the complainant to intimidate the agency’s officers who are investigating his role in at least half a dozen cases.

“CVC should opine on the maintainability of the complaint and consider it malicious and frivolous in order to protect the integrity of the organisation,” CBI said, according to PTI.

“Irrespective of the maintainability of the complaint, CBI has provided most of the files as requested by the CVC and the remaining will be submitted soon. There is no substance in the media reports that CBI is not cooperating in the enquiry,” it said.

(With PTI inputs)