CBI chief Alok Verma was removed by a high-level committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday just two days after his conditional reinstatement by the Supreme Court.
Besides PM Modi, the panel of three included the Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge and Supreme Court judge, Justice AK Sikri - nominated by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi who dropped out since he was on the bench that reinstated Mr Verma.