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

Taking a serious note of the gravity of the
situation, the Government of India appointed an
eight-member Committee, headed by a veteran
Gandhian, K. Santhanam, MP, in June 1962, 'to
consider special measures' to root out the menace of
corruption from our public life. After going through
almost every aspect of the problem at length, the
Committee gave a comprehensive report, showing
the actual reach of the menace in the country and the
inadequacies and incompetence of the organizations
combatting it. It made several wise suggestions as to
how to solve the problem by complete overhauling
of the entire system of investigation of corruption.
About this time, a serious discussion and
debate on the issue of corruption was also started in
the Parliament and outside it, which led the
Government to believe that some organization with
greater scope and powers than what the DSPE
p o s s e s s e d wa s t h e n e e d o f t h e h o u r.
The Santhanam Committee helped in getting the
belief transformed into a reality.
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