The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister on Wednesday prematurely repatriated CBI DIG Tarun Gauba, who was supervising the probe against former agency Special Director Rakesh Asthana, back to his cadre.
Gauba, a 2001-batch IPS officer from Uttar Pradesh cadre who had also probed Vyapam cases, has been sent back to his UP cadre.
The UP cadre IPS officer was appointed by former CBI Additional Director M Nageswar Rao to supervise the probe against Asthana.
"Approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) is hereby conveyed for the premature repatriation of Tarun Gauba...DIG, CBI to his state cadre," said an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training.
The Government had last week curtailed the tenure of Rao in the CBI and transferred him as the DG of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards, a department under the Union Home Ministry.
Sources said Guaba had himself sought repatriation to his home cadre.