State had no role in CBI officer's transfer: Prithviraj Chavan

"Transferring a CBI official is not under my domain. You can ask this question (about Singh's transfer) to the concerned ministry in Central government," Chavan said replying to a query on "abrupt" transfer of Singh that followed close on the heels of the chargesheet filed by CBI in the multi-crore scam.

Singh, a 1985 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre, was shifted from the Anti-Corruption Branch of the agency to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on July 5, a day after CBI filed its first chargesheet in the Adarsh scam against 13 accused including former chief minister Ashok Chavan.

CBI has maintained that it was a routine transfer.

Keshav Kumar, a 1986 batch IPS officer from Gujarat cadre, is taking over from Singh.

Chavan was speaking to reporters after attending the International Cooperative Conference organised jointly by the state cooperative department and the Federation of Cooperative Credit Societies, to mark the birth centenary year of first chief minster Yashwantrao Chavan.