New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (
) has decided to
the performance of its investigating officers (
) on a monthly basis, a move aimed at increasing the efficiency of the agency, which has a
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of at least 700
older than a year (according to the latest available data), officials familiar with the matter said on condition of anonymity. Currently, reviews are conducted every quarter.
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of charge sheets filed, number of source information reports (SIRs) generated, number of case diaries completed, and whether all processes as mentioned in the
Manual l (photographing/video graphing of
scene, search proceedings, recording of statements etc) were followed.
The
will
record whether formalities
as seeking prosecution sanction, expert opinions and proper marking of evidence are being done, the people cited above added.
Another important objective of the monthly
is to prevent
and opportunities for
, the people said. In January, four agency officers including two deputy superintendents were arrested for weakening the agency’s investigation in bank fraud
in lieu of huge bribes.
The current quarterly reviews are carried out in all
branches and reviewed by the head of branches/zones.
The decision to institute a monthly
has been taken by interim
Praveen Sinha, who, according to one of the officers cited above, felt the pendency in
needs to be brought down. To be sure, the monthly
is separate from ACRs (annual confidential reports) prepared annually for all government employees.
According to the Central Vigilance Commission’s (CVC’s) annual report 2019,
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was pending in 744
for at least a year at the end of December 2019 out of which 678 were related to
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of
(PC) Act. About, 25
have been pending for at least five years. Overall, a total of 1,239 investigations and enquiries were pending with
till December 2019.
In its updated
Manual in December 2020,
stated that investigations in a majority of
will be completed within nine months. The manual stated that the existing one-year deadline in
will apply only in
where a high ranking government official
as a joint secretary or secretary is accused, and the probe is being supervised by an officer of additional
rank or above in
.
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when he was the additional
of the agency. “He (Praveen Sinha) wants investigations to expedite by
thoroughly doing their work,” said a
officer.
Former
joint
NR Wassan said, “Earlier there used to be a bi-monthly
of every
branch but it was quite taxing. It has to be seen how so many
will be reviewed every month. If the SPs (Superintendents of Police) and DIGs (Deputy Inspector Generals) do the
properly,
reviews always help.