NEW DELHI: CBI joint director Rajiv Singh, who used to be supervising the probe into Rs 13,578 crore Punjab National Bank scam involving Nirav Modi and others, has been in advance repatriated with “fast impact” to his dad or mum cadre of Tripura.
Joint director Nina Singh, who used to be heading particular crimes zone in CBI, has additionally been sent back to her dad or mum cadre of Rajasthan. Other than Rajiv Singh, two different CBI officers from the Tripura cadre — R Gopal Krishna Rao (SP) and DIG Anish Prasad — have additionally been repatriated to the state.
The move comes every week after CBI filed two chargesheets in opposition to Nirav Modi, Mehul Choski and best PNB officials, together with former MD-CEO Usha Ananthasubramanian, in the scam and there are plans to issue a red nook notice in opposition to Modi and his members of the family.
Officials said repatriation of 1993 batch IPS officer Rajiv Singh used to be carried out through the government after Tripura leader minister Biplab Kumar Deb recently wrote to the Centre asking it to ship back the IPS officers serving on deputation on the Centre. Sources said scarcity of officers in in the state used to be cited as the rationale.
“Rajiv Singh has already led submitting of chargesheets in PNB scam, so 80% of work is already carried out. The remainder of the investigations can also be simply pursued through some other officer now,” said a CBI professional inquiring for anonymity. Singh had earlier successfully probed several financial frauds together with the Saradha and Rose Valley chit-fund scandals.
Under his supervision in the ultimate four months, CBI’s Bank Security and Fraud Cell (BS&FC) registered over 40 instances related to major financial institution frauds in opposition to Rotomac, Simbhaoli Sugars, and different giant names whilst a initial enquiry used to be initiated in opposition to ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochhar.
Rajiv Singh has already led submitting of chargesheets in PNB scam, so 80% of work is already carried out. The remainder of the investigations can also be simply pursued through some other officer now, said a CBI professional
Joint director Nina Singh, who used to be heading particular crimes zone in CBI, has additionally been sent back to her dad or mum cadre of Rajasthan. Other than Rajiv Singh, two different CBI officers from the Tripura cadre — R Gopal Krishna Rao (SP) and DIG Anish Prasad — have additionally been repatriated to the state.
The move comes every week after CBI filed two chargesheets in opposition to Nirav Modi, Mehul Choski and best PNB officials, together with former MD-CEO Usha Ananthasubramanian, in the scam and there are plans to issue a red nook notice in opposition to Modi and his members of the family.
Officials said repatriation of 1993 batch IPS officer Rajiv Singh used to be carried out through the government after Tripura leader minister Biplab Kumar Deb recently wrote to the Centre asking it to ship back the IPS officers serving on deputation on the Centre. Sources said scarcity of officers in in the state used to be cited as the rationale.
“Rajiv Singh has already led submitting of chargesheets in PNB scam, so 80% of work is already carried out. The remainder of the investigations can also be simply pursued through some other officer now,” said a CBI professional inquiring for anonymity. Singh had earlier successfully probed several financial frauds together with the Saradha and Rose Valley chit-fund scandals.
Under his supervision in the ultimate four months, CBI’s Bank Security and Fraud Cell (BS&FC) registered over 40 instances related to major financial institution frauds in opposition to Rotomac, Simbhaoli Sugars, and different giant names whilst a initial enquiry used to be initiated in opposition to ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochhar.
Rajiv Singh has already led submitting of chargesheets in PNB scam, so 80% of work is already carried out. The remainder of the investigations can also be simply pursued through some other officer now, said a CBI professional
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