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Alok Verma vs Rakesh Asthana: What we know about the warring bosses of CBI

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India's premier investigating agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is witnessing an unprecedented crisis since the last few weeks. The ongoing struggle between the two top bosses - Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana - of the CBI escalated on Monday as the investigating agency conducted a raid on the 10th floor of its own headquarters in New Delhi. The CBI on Monday also arrested its DSP Devender Kumar in connection with bribery allegations against its special Director Rakesh Asthana. The arrest comes a day after the CBI registered an FIR against Asthana, Kumar and two others. Rakesh Asthana, on his part, has drawn up a list of cases against Director Alok Verma and other top CBI officials. He has apparently listed a dozen charges, double the number that the CBI has him docked for. According to latest reports, he has also approached Delhi High Court to get CBI's FIR against him quashed. Read Complete Article Business Standard