SC to Sinha: Recuse yourself from 2G probe

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Ranjit Sinha to recuse himself from overseeing the 2G scam case probe, adding that the second senior-most officer in the investigating team case will take over the case.

The direction came after 2G case Special Public Prosecutor Anand Grover told the apex court earlier in the day that Sinha had

interfered in the case, stating that it is completely inconsistent with the investigating agency's stand. Grover further alleged that the case could have been demolished if Sinha's stand was accepted.

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On Wednesday, the CBI director had reportedly told the apex court that DIG-rank CBI officer Santosh Rastogi was a mole who passed on certain file notings and documents to the NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation on the basis of which baseless and false case was filed against him.

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Earlier, advocate Prashant Bhushan and the NGO, had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against Sinha, seeking his removal for allegedly compromising investigations into the 2G and coal block cases.

To support his allegation Bhushan had presented to the court a visitor's logbook of Sinha's official residence as evidence and claimed that Sinha used to meet people associated with the scams during the investigation of the same.