Following the recent rift within the CBI between the top two officers of the agency, Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana, a new Interim Director was appointed by the Government. In this discussion, Senior Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Newsclick Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha talk about the various facets of the tussle and the implications of this internal war on the future of India's premier investigative agency.
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Link of the recording of the 70-minute deposition on 14 February 2022 by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice (retired) R V Raveendran on allegations of misuse of the Israeli Pegasus spyware on Indian citizens: https://pegasus-india-investigation.in/depositions/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-statement/