Home Ministry Recommends Action Against Ex-CBI Director Alok Verma

The Ministry of Home Affairs has written to the Department of Personnel and Training to take necessary disciplinary action against Alok Verma.

The Union home ministry has recommended disciplinary action against former CBI director Alok Verma for allegedly misusing his official position and violating the relevant service rules, officials said on Wednesday. They said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the nodal ministry for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to take necessary disciplinary action against Alok Verma. The action, if approved, may include temporary or permanent forfeiture of Mr Verma's pension and retirement benefits, the officials said. During his stint in the CBI, Alok Verma, a 1979-batch (retired) Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was engaged in a bitter fight with Gujarat-cadre IPS officer and his deputy Rakesh Asthana over corruption charges.