A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to Manoj as the agency could not submit the chargesheet 60 days from the date of arrest. Special CBI judge Santosh Snehi Mann said Manoj was entitled to statutory bail as the agency could not file the chargesheet within the stipulated time. The CBI director’s displacement is now pending in the Supreme Court, which has concluded the hearing and reserved its judgment. Bassi, the lead investigator in the Asthana case, received calls from police officers who said the cabinet secretariat had enquired about the arrest. Also on Tuesday, M. Nageswara Rao, now the interim CBI director, was promoted to the rank of an additional director.

Source: The Telegraph December 18, 2018 22:52 UTC