12-11-2008, 02:09 AM
CBI tells SC: Reprieve to Mulayam under govt orders
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->NEW DELHI: The CBI's attempt to safeguard its image as a professional and regime-neutral agency suffered a body blow as it conceded before the
Supreme Court that its latest move to give a reprieve to Mulayam Singh Yadav, the SP chief and a key ally of the ruling UPA coalition, was primarily because of a direction from the Centre.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->NEW DELHI: The CBI's attempt to safeguard its image as a professional and regime-neutral agency suffered a body blow as it conceded before the
Supreme Court that its latest move to give a reprieve to Mulayam Singh Yadav, the SP chief and a key ally of the ruling UPA coalition, was primarily because of a direction from the Centre.
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