CBI director 'questioned' by school students

Updated on: Saturday, July 23, 2011

CBI director generally faces questions from courts, media and the government but today it was some school students who grilled him on some tough subjects like black money, corruption and crime.

A group of 70 students of class IX from Sanskriti School visited the CBI headquarters where they were taken around various departments and given an overview of the working of the agency.

During the interactive session with the officials of the agency including its chief A P Singh, the students asked some difficult questions about operations of money launderers, black money and their modus operandi.

"Sir, we keep hearing about embezzlements or scams running into thousands of crore, where do people keep so much money," asked a student.

Singh tried to explain them in detail about manner in which black money is taken abroad and how it is consumed in the economy resulting in huge tax evasion.

"How corruption affects the poor, black money and its effect on society, corruption in the police, use of Internet and social networking in tackling corruption, consumerism and its effects on corruption were among many tough questions that the director and senior officers of CBI had to answer to the satisfaction of the students," spokesperson Dharini Mishra said.

It was a welcome change for the senior CBI officials who are tight pressed dealing with complex cases involving some tough nut criminals and scamsters.

Besides, CBI chief Singh, senior officials like Anti-Corruption Bureau head Sanjay Palsania who is handling 2G telecom spectrum allocation scam, DIG Tilottama Verma, DIG (Training) Sujit Pandey and other officials provided the students with a glimpse of agency and its working.

Palsania explained them about the working of the anti-corruption department its functioning and modus operandi of trapping the people demanding bribe.

The students were also taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory where they were shown how finger prints and other evidence are collected from crime scene.

"The interaction with students was focused on creating awareness among school children about legal safeguards against corruption and to explore ways to curb the menace of corruption in society," the spokesperson said.

CBI plans to hold more such programs in the future.

Using the opportunity, the CBI director asked children to influence their parents, relatives and peers and begin an informal movement against corrupt practices in daily life.

CBI director 'questioned' by school students

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