CBI attempted ‘to bail out Asthana’

THE SC ORDERED POLICE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO SATHISH BABU SANA, ON WHOSE COMPLAINT CBI LODGED CASE AGAINST SPECIAL DIRECTOR ASTHANA

NEW DELHI: Ajay Kumar Bassi, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) in the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) anti-corruption cell and a member of the team probing allegations against CBI special director Rakesh Asthana, approached the Supreme Court on Tuesday alleging threat to his life and “attempts to bail out Asthana” by the federal investigation agency. Bassi was among the officers who were transferred out of Delhi in the predawn transfer orders issued by the Centre on October 23 – an unprecedented shake-up witnessed in the premier agency. He was moved to Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. His lawyer, Sunil Fernandes, mentioned the petition before a bench led by CJI Gogoi, which agreed to fix a date for hearing. In another matter connected with the case, the SC ordered Hyderabad Police to provide adequate protection to Sathish Babu Sana, on whose complaint CBI registered a case against Asthana.

CONTINUED ON P 11 ››RELATED REPORTS, P10 MUMBAI: Student elections will be held in colleges and universities of Maharashtra following a gap of 24 years, as the state government has notified the statutes for these elections.

The process to form the statutes took almost a year and a half since the enactment of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act 2016, which re-introduced student council elections in the state. As per the rules, the election process for each academic year must be completed by September