CBI Chapt 4 part1 pg 62-89 - Central Bureau of Investigation

GROWTH WITH A DIFFERENCE
In 1968, there was a change of guards. On superannuation,
Director D.P. Kohli handed over the charge and command of
st
his corps to F.V. Arul (31 May, 1968).
During his five year tenure, Shri D.P. Kohli had put
the organization, as indicated above, on a sound footing.
Fortunately, the shape and speed of growth of the
organization did not diminish in any way during the time of
D.P. Kohli's successors. They too spared no pains to take the
organization ahead.
The Government had, however, a feeling, and rightly
so, that the CBI was in a way overburdened with work.
Hence, they transferred some of its work to other
organizations.
The part-work relating to crime records and statistics
was transferred to the National Crime Records Bureau
(NCRB) and a part concerning research work to the Bureau
of Police Research & Development (BPR&D).
The transfer of workload gave a certain feeling of
relief to the overloaded organization. But it was not destined
to enjoy the relief for long. After a while, some very difficult,
if not very heavy, work came its way from unexpected and
unusual quarters. It somehow happened that the higher
CBI Office at Jaipur
70 Mall Road, Ambala Cantonment, Ambala, where one of the earliest CBI office was located.
Judiciary, that is, the Supreme Court and High
Courts, impressed by the organization's efficiency
and professionalism, started giving complicated
cases 'requiring serious investigations, in some
cases on the prayers of the aggrieved parties, and in
some others on their own initiatives'.
As a result, the CBI's basket began to
overflow with crime cases. In view of this,
the Government divided the Investigation
Division into two Divisions, namely, the
Anti-Corruption Division and the Special Crimes
Division. The former dealt with the corruption
cases and the latter with cases of conventional and
economic offences.
In 1990s, some special investigating cells
were created to investigate important but highly
complicated cases, for instance, the Special
Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the
Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case (1991), the Special
Investigation Cell-IV (SIC-IV) to investigate the
Babri Masjid Demolition Cases, and the Bank
Securities & Frauds Cell (BS&FC) to investigate the
cases related to bank frauds and securities scams
(1992). In the following year (1993), a Special Task
Force was created to take up investigation relating
to bomb blasts in Bombay.
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