CBI raids own headquarters as the two top bosses fight, PMO steps in

The PMO, it is learnt, has given a go-ahead to Verma to act freely in the case and there are indications that Asthana may be removed from his position

In an irony of sorts, a team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths on Monday conducted a raid on the 10th floor of its own headquarters in New Delhi while the two warring top bosses were summoned by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). To add to the public slugfest already in play, ‘top secret’ letters by the bosses, making bribery allegations against each other, surfaced.

Sources said the ball was set rolling after CBI Director Alok Verma met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday night. On Monday, Special Director Rakesh Asthana, a 1984-batch Gujarat-cadre IPS officer, was summoned by