The Delhi Crime Branch registered two FIRs (number 281 and number 282) on October 1 (Wednesday), against senior former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials Vinod Kumar Pandey (the then inspector of CBI) and Neeraj Kumar (the then Joint Director of CBI) following a Supreme Court (SC) order in September 2025. The top court reinstated and directed investigation into complaints dating back to 1999–2001, involving alleged evidence tampering, abuse of authority, and intimidation during CBI probes connected to businessman Vijay Kumar Aggarwal and his associates.