Asthana, who was second in command in the CBI, was transferred as DG BCAS after a bitter tug of war with the then chief of the investigation agency Alok Verma
Further, opium poppy and cannabis, which were being illicitly cultivated on 5,049 acres of land, were destroyed, it said.
NCB aims at stopping the illegal diversion of certain chemical formulations used to prepare drugs, such as heroin and 'methamphetamine'