INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Director Rakesh Asthana's complaint of corruption against the probe agency's chief Alok Verma, officials said.Officials from the rank of
inspector up to superintendent of police of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) were called and their versions were recorded before a
senior official of the CVC, they said.The officials who recorded their statements Tuesday include those who handled the Moin Qureshi bribery
case, the IRCTC scam, involving former railway minister Lalu Yadav, the cattle smuggling case in which a senior BSF officer was caught with
wands of cash in Kerala, according to the officials.These officials were called from the CBI headquarters here and some from zonal offices,
including Kochi, they said requesting anonymity.The officials were asked to give details of the cases in whose probe, the charges of alleged
interference by Mr Verma have come up, the officials said.The development comes after Supreme Court on Friday asked the CVC, that exercises
superintendence over the CBI in corruption matters, to complete within two weeks its inquiry into allegations against Mr Verma levelled by
Mr Asthana.The two feuding officers, who have alleged each other of impropriety, have been sent on leave by the Centre.The Supreme Court had
directed that the CVC's inquiry into the allegations against Verma, who has challenged the government's decision divesting him of his duties
and sending him on leave, would be conducted under the supervision of retired apex court judge Justice A K Patnaik and this was a "one-time
exception".The feud between Mr Verma and Mr Asthana escalated recently leading to registration of an FIR against Mr Asthana and others
including Deputy Superintendent of Police Devender Kumar, who is in the CBI custody in an alleged bribery case.The CBI had on October 15
registered an FIR against Asthana for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 2 crore from Hyderabad- based businessman Sana Sathish Babu which
was given through two middlemen Manoj Prasad and Somesh Prasad to sabotage the probe against meat exporter Moin Qureshi.On August 24, Rakesh
Asthana, in his complaint to the Cabinet Secretary, had levelled allegations against Verma that he got a bribe of Rs two crore from Sana to
