Alok Verma - the CBI director caught in the middle of a political storm

Alok Kumar Verma was appointed as the CBI chief in January 2017 after being shortlisted from a list of 45 candidates

The CBI Director Alok Verma, who is scheduled to remain in office till January next year, is engaged in a bitter fight with Special Director of the agency Rakesh Asthana and both sides have been levelling allegation against each other in public, a trend which is unheard-of in the history of 77 years of India's premier investigating agency.

The Supreme Court on Friday heard CBI chief Alok Verma's plea challenging the order divesting him of his duties -- and sending him on leave -- in view of the corruption allegations against him. The court is likely to consider the report