PP’s assault plaint against me ‘false’: CBI DIG tells Delhi court

New Delhi, Oct 19 : CBI Deputy Inspector General Raghavendra Vatsa on Monday told a Delhi court that the allegations of physical assault levelled against him by the agency’s prosecutor were “absolutely false”.
On October 12, CBI Public Prosecutor Sunil Kumar Verma had told the court that Vatsa beat him up inside his office on October 9 morning for the delay in framing of charges against Delhi CM’s former Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar in a corruption case.
Special Judge Rakesh Kumar Sharma had then summoned the DIG on October 19.
After hearing both sides on Monday, the court noted: “It appears that both the parties have taken legal action against each other. The incident did not appear in the presence of the court. Hence, I am of the considered view that except for observing that the PP is an officer of the court, no further orders are required.” Verma had accused Vatsa of beating him inside the DIG’s office at the CBI headquarters on October 9 morning, following which Verma filed a complaint at the Lodhi Road police station the same day for action against the accused.
In his police complaint, Verma said: “On October 9, as soon as I entered his office, he punched me in the face after asking my name. He then asked me to sit down to have a chat. I walked out of his room and started shouting that I have been assaulted. I want you to take appropriate action.”