News by Darshana Jamindar
Today, Supreme Court issued a notice to CBI director Ranjit Sinha on a plea seeking his removal and an SIT probe against him for allegedly protecting the accused in coal block scam. Supreme Court has asked Sinha to file a response in 10 days and posted the matter for further hearing on September 19.
Prashant Bhushan had moved Supreme Court seeking the removal of Sinha from the post of CBI director. It also asked the supreme court to set up a Special investigation Team ,SIT to probe the “abuse of authority committed by the CBI director to scuttle inquiries, investigations and prosecutions carried out by the agency in coal block allocation cases and other important cases”.
This comes amidst strong allegations that Sinha had met several of the accused in the coal and 2G scams at his residence multiple times over the past few months.
