The CBI has registered a case against one of its officers for allegedly forging the signature of her superior in her performance report to get a promotion.

The agency has booked its deputy legal adviser Beena Raizada on the charges of cheating and forgery for allegedly falsifying assessment notes on her performance. Raizada is now posted with the anti-corruption wing that is probing the Vyapam scam.

According to the FIR, the assessment notes appended to the annual performance appraisal reports for 2014, 2015 and 2016 were allegedly certified as “excellent” after forging the signature of a then DIG.

The CBI had conducted a preliminary inquiry during which the senior officer denied having signed her assessment notes.

The officer said Raizada was absent for 90 days during 2014 and 2015 and, therefore, there was no question of writing an assessment in her favour for 2016, according to the report by the CBI. “She has been booked under sections of cheating, forgery and using forged documents as genuine and fraudulently committing documentary mischief,” a CBI officer said.

Bribery charge

Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to Manoj Prasad, an alleged middleman in the bribery scandal involving CBI special director Rakesh Asthana, saying the allegations against him were “serious”.

Justice Najmi Waziri denied the bail, saying: “The court is of the view that the allegations are of serious nature.…”

The CBI had arrested Prasad on October 17, two days after registering an FIR against Asthana, for allegedly taking a bribe on behalf of the special director.