Haryana’s State Vigilance Bureau (SVB) has decided to engage retired officers from Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to further improve the quality of investigations.
SVB Director General Prabhat R. Deo said that applications for the same have been invited from former CBI officers.
Ex-CBI officers, of the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP), Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), will be hired for investigations by the SVB for important cases, he added. The SVB is the main investigative unit of the Haryana Vigilance Department. It deals with complaints of corruption and irregularities against government officials, especially laying traps to catch officers indulging in bribery.
Tightening the noose around those indulged in corrupt practices, the State Vigilance Bureau had registered 305 fresh enquires and 408 criminal cases against various officers and officials during the period from October 26, 2014 to June this year. On the basis of checking conducted by the Technical wing of the Bureau during the same period throughout the State, it had recommended action against 333 officers and officials of various departments along with a recovery of an amount of over Rs 7.25 crore.