Transferred CBI officer accuses interim chief of acting out of malice

A CBI SP transferred within five months of his posting has accused the agency's interim chief M Nageswara Rao of acting out of "malice and prejudice" at the "expense of institutional and public interests".

He claimed that the action against him was due to the fact that he had complained about Rao's misconduct to the then CBI director Alok Verma.

Seeking review of his transfer from Anti-Corruption Branch here to Ghaziabad training academy, Superintendent of Police T Rajah Balaji has questioned the "mass transfers" done by Rao as "Director in-charge".

When sought a reaction, CBI Spokesperson Nitin Wakankar said the representation from Balaji about his transfer has not yet been received in the office of the director.

Additional Director Rao was given duties and responsibilities of CBI director after a high-level committee transferred Verma as DG Fire Services on January 10.

After assuming duty, Rao ordered mass transfers in the agency from the ranks of joint directors to ASPs. No justifications were given for the exercise.

Balaji, who was transferred in a late night order on January 21, said he was given the posting in New Delhi by Verma on humanitarian grounds on August 1, 2018 so that his mother-in-law, a cancer patient undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, can be taken care of.

He said this is the fourth time within two years that he has been transferred.

He said Minister of Urban Development and Housing Affairs allotted him accommodation in East Kidwai Nagar which is close to AIIMS.

"It is a known fact that I had complained about your misconduct to the then Director CBI on March 11, 2017 and subsequently when you had served me with a memo, your misconduct was set out in more explicit terms by me vide letter May 2, 2017, and, now you have abused your official position to service your personal sleepless malice and prejudice against me at the expense of institutional and public interests," Balaji said.

Wakankar said appropriate action will be taken once the representation is received.

"As and when it is received through proper channel, appropriate action as per rules will be taken. It may further be mentioned that Rajah Balaji has been transferred to Ghaziabad which is the part of the NCR only," he said.

In his letter, which is also part of his petition to the Central Administrative Tribunal, Balaji said the post of director cannot be used for any purpose other than institutional and public interests.

He said the transfer order does not offer any reasons