Former CBI director's conduct wholly unbecoming: AG

Oct 18,  9:34 AM Centre has told the Supreme Court that the conduct of ex-CBI Chief in relation to meat exporter Moin Akhtar Qureshi was unbecoming of the position he held. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the court that the income tax apprisal report on Qureshi discloses astonishing state of affairs between him and the previous CBI Director who used to have conversation with the businessman on a daily basis in code. Although the Attorney General did not name the ex-CBI Director, but the reference was seen as towards AP Singh as the top law officer said the former agency chief is now a member of UPSC. Singh was the predecessor of present Director Ranjit Sinha who is also facing flak for allegedly meeting Qureshi, an alleged hawala dealer, at his residence. Rohatgi, however, said there is no conversation between Moin Qureshi and the present CBI Director. The bench said it will go through the report and documents placed by the AG and hold the next hearing on December 8th. The report was submitted after an NGO moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to apprise it about the progress made by the IT department in its probe against the Delhi-based meat exporter whose name reportedly figured many times in the entry register of the residence of Ranjit Sinha.