The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has compulsorily retired 22 senior government officials in "public interest" on charges of corruption and misconduct under Rule 56 (J).
This move by the BJP government is expected to improve the administrative efficiency of officials, reduce corruption and open jobs avenues across departments
One name in that stood out in the list of 12 officers and created quite the flutter, was SK Srivastava, the man who had been leading the charge against NDTV.
Earlier the residences of Hurriyat leaders were raided by the NIA as part of an investigation in a terror-funding case and incriminating evidence including letterheads of terrorist organisations were recovered.