Director CBI asks for more involvement by supervisory officers in probes

Rishi Kumar Shukla, Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has underscored the need for supervisory officers to involve themselves in live investigation cases more frequently as a matter of New Year resolution.

Greeting the officers on the occasion of new year, Shukla informed that the premier agency succeeded in disposing of around 800 cases in 2020 notwithstanding challenges of COVID-19 pandemic.

“With your cooperation and efforts, we have been able to finalise investigation of substantial number of cases to achieve our targets. We need to work hard in the coming days,” Director, CBI said.


Shukla also complemented the investigating officers and the supervisory officers in exhibiting the true nature of team CBI towards relentless by pursuing cases. He cited the example of a recently adjudicated case in Kerala in which conviction was pronounced despite "the severely hampered and complicated case handed over to CBI".

Shukla also emphasised the need for officers and others at various levels in keeping themselves updated with the latest tools of investigation through sustained training. He pointed out that new and well innovated On-line/Virtual training modules are now available/ developed as a fall-out of restrictions caused by covid pandemic, the agency said in a press release on Friday.

Shukla also highlighted the welfare activities and said, efforts were made to fill- up the existing vacancies.

He further stressed the need to continuously adhere to covid protocols as pandemic is still here. We should continue with periodic sanitization of our work place and frequent testing, he added.