Alok Verma meets Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)

New Delhi: CBI Director Alok Verma on Thursday appeared before the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) K.V. Chowdhary and presented his side over the allegations of bribery raised against him by agency’s Special Director Rakesh Asthana. According to the CVC officials, Verma reached the CVC headquarters in south Delhi’s INA Market area around 1 p.m. and stayed there for over an hour.

According to CVC sources, besides Chowdhary, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director also met Vigilance Commissioner Sharad Kumar. The officials said that the Commission had recently examined some of the CBI officials who were part of the team probing crucial cases that figured in Asthana’s complaint against Verma. (IANS)