The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) led by Maharashtra cadre IPS officer Subodh Jaiswal has set a new benchmark to tackle corruption. As part of its zero-tolerance policy towards corruption, last week, the CBI arrested four sub-inspectors posted at its Delhi office in an extortion case and dismissed them from service with immediate effect, pending inquiry.
Nearer home, the Maharashtra government is giving erring officials enough rope. Thane police suspended 10 officers on charges of extortion and corruption and a departmental probe was initiated ag-ainst them. But, officers don't fear suspension and departmental probe as they know they will soon be reinstated. A few years ago, when a deputy secretary was caught accepting a bribe in office, his colleagues thought it was the end of his career. But he got reinstated in the same department.
