New Delhi: The BJP welcomed the court order that the CBI Director disassociate himself from the 2G case. BJP leader Sambit Patra said: “People have every right to know the truth about Ranjit Sinha.”
A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu, however, refused to pass any elaborate order on the issue, saying it would “tarnish? the agency’s “image and reputation”. Special public prosecutor Anand Grover on Thursday told the court that Mr Sinha had interfered in the 2G case, that is completely inconsistent with the agency’s stand.
“Our case in 2G could have been demolished if director’s stand was accepted,” Mr Grover said, raising serious doubts on Mr Sinha’s credibility and also on the role of a former law minister in giving a favourable opinion on some accused in the case. Soon after the court directive, the beleaguered CBI chief said he would abide by the order directing him to recuse himself from the 2G scam probe, and denied that he had named any officer as a “mole” before the court.
Talking to reporters at the CBI headquarters, Mr Sinha said: “I have not named any officer as a mole or anything.” He added that he would not file any review petition as the order was from the bench headed by the Chief Justice.
The Congress, meanwhile, welcomed the removal of the CBI director from the 2G case, but found “confusing signals” in the directive, wondering how could the officer be left to look after other cases if he was not performing adequately.
“With regard to the Supreme Court directive, of course, it is welcome. If the SC feels the CBI director was not acting independently, it is a welcome step,” said party spokesman Sandeep Dikshit. Terming the court order “unfortunate”, former CBI chief Joginder Singh told this newspaper: “Every act has its consequences. There is no smoke without fire. Whatever the SC has said is absolutely correct — that there are lots of allegations (about) credibility against him.”
