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No evidence against Alok Verma, says ex-judge who oversaw CVC probe: Report

Justice A K Patnaik has been quoted as saying none of CVC's findings are his and that the PM-led panel which removed Verma as CBI chief made a hasty decision

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In a startling revelation, a retired Supreme Court Judge who supervised the CVC enquiry, which led to Alok Verma's removal as the CBI chief said there was no evidence of corruption by the former head of the investigating agency, according to a report in The Indian Express. Justice A K Patnaik is said to have remarked that the decision to remove Verma was ''hasty''. 

Alok Verma submitted his resignation from service on Friday, a day after he was removed from his post by a high powered committee a couple of days after the Supreme Court reinstated him.

His reinstatement had

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