New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against the former Indian Coast Guard Director General and other unknown persons for alleged tampering and alteration of the Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs)/dossiers of senior officers.

The accused named in the FIR have been identified as K. Natarajan, the then DG, Coast Guard, and other unknown persons.

The FIR of the matter reads that it is alleged that a representation in June 2021 of Rakesh Pal, the then IG, Indian Cost Guard (ICG) was received in the office of the Defence Secretary, Government of India raising the issue of alleged deliberate reduction in numerical assessment of his ACRs/ Dossiers for depriving him of his next possible promotion to th...