New Delhi, March 5 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed a report in Rouse Avenue court and informed that the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) is not an empowered or competent Authority to transfer or forward any FIR to the CBI, without an order from the Central Government. This report has been filed regarding the Manoj Kumar Vasisht Encounter case of 2015.

The court had called a report from the DIG of CBI on the point of investigation on the FIR filed by the family members of Manoj Kumar Vasisht at Baghpat, UP. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Jyoti Maheshwari took the report filed by the DIG of CBI.

The court noted that a perusal of the report shows that a xerox copy of FIR registered at Police St...