CBI officer transferred to Ranchi

Kolkata: Abhay Singh, the head of the Anti-Corruption Branch in Kolkata of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has been transferred to Ranchi. He was looking into the probe of the Narada sting operation.

Sources said an officer from Delhi will be posted in his position in Kolkata. Singh, who had been looking into the probe of the Narada sting operation, will be taking charge of the CBI's Ranchi office.

It may be mentioned that the Special Director of CBI, Rakesh Asthana, visited Kolkata on Wednesday and he held a meeting with all senior officers of the agency, including the investigating officers of all the ongoing cases.

He held the meeting at Nizam Palace.

He had directed the officers to take necessary steps to expedite the process of all the ongoing cases and to file the final chargesheets by the end of 2018.

Asthana had also taken stock of the ongoing cases that include the Saradha Group scam, Narada sting operation and Rose Valley Group's case.