2G scam -update

After CBI director Ranjit Sinha was removed by the Supreme Court from the 2G scam probe, additional director R K Dutta took charge of investigations. The CBI chief met finance minister Arun Jaitley at the economic intelligence committee meeting, but it was clear what transpired at the meeting. Sinha's tenure as agency chief will end in 11 days. Sources said he would not resign and complete his remaining days in office.

Dutta, a 1981-batch IPS officer from the Karnataka cadre, is in charge of the Anti Corruption Bureau of the agency that is probing 2G cases.

CBI sources said it was not initially clear whether Dutta or special director Anil Sinha, who is the number two after the director, would oversee the probe. They said it was decided that according to the Supreme Court order, the person heading the investigation team should be put in charge of the 2G cases.

Sources said the Supreme Court's severe indictment of the CBI chief had led to a sense of despondency among the officers who feel the agency would lose the public's faith.The agency probes a large number of corruption cases.

Sinha had suffered a major blow when the court removed him from the 2G probe, saying the allegations against him of trying to shield some accused prima facie appeared to be “credible“.