Panel headed by PM Modi meets again to consider charges against CBI chief

Alok Verma was reinstated by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, two months after the government sent him and his deputy Rakesh Asthana on forced leave for fighting like 'kilkenny cats'.

A committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Thursday to consider the Central Vigilance Commission's (CVC) investigation of corruption charges against CBI director Alok Verma after an inconclusive meeting on Wednesday.

The other members of the committee included Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress party’s leader in the Lok Sabha, and Justice A K Sikri, who was nominated by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to represent him.

Verma was reinstated by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, two months after the government sent him and his deputy Rakesh Asthana on forced leave for fighting like "kilkenny cats". The two CBI officers had accused