Rakesh Asthana Telegraph file pictureA Delhi court on Wednesday asked the CBI why no lie detector test or psychological test was conducted on the agency’s former special director Rakesh Asthana in connection with a bribery complaint in 2018. The charge had triggered an unprecedented public feud between Asthana and the then CBI director, Alok Verma. Special CBI judge Sanjeev Aggarwal directed Ajay Kumar Bassi, the initial investigating officer in the case, to appear before it on February 28 to explain the case diary. Sana had alleged that then special director Asthana had assured him of a clean chit in return for a bribe. In a statement to the CBI, Sana had named Asthana, Devender Kumar and Dubai-based middleman Manoj Prasad and his brother Somesh Prasad and had said that the bribes were taken in Asthana’s name.

Source: The Telegraph February 19, 2020 21:00 UTC