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Court directs CBI to prosecute Jaffer Sharif

New Delhi: A designated court on Saturday snubbed the CBI, while rejecting its second closure report against former Railway Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharif in a case of alleged misuse of official position and directed the probe agency to prosecute him sans sanction from the Home Ministry.

“These aspects make it clear that for extraneous considerations, the present closure report was filed by the investigating officer (IO) of the CBI. I think it expedient to call upon the director CBI to conduct a probe against the IO by way of departmental inquiry,” special CBI Judge R.K. Yadav said. “I take cognisance of the offence. Since Jaffer Sharif ceased to be a public servant long ago, no sanction as contemplated under section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act is required,” the court said.

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