Vigilance Awareness week, 2014 underway
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, October 29 2014:
The Vigilance Awareness Week, 2014 was observed at the CBI Manipur Branch office in Lamphelpat here on Wednesday.
Head of CBI Manipur Branch, S Balasubramany, Inspectors W Ashokumar and Gourav Singh, and Additional Superintendent of Police L Hangshing shared the dais on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, S Balasubramany said the CBI cannot interfere in the corruption scams in Manipur unless the state Government wants to hand over them to the investigating agency.
The Central Bureau of Investigation can handle any type of graft case only after a decision in this regard is taken by the state Government, he added.
Balasubramany said people can initially approach a court for cases related to corruption and in the next step the CBI can initiate investigation into the cases after obtaining directive from the court concerned.
He said unlike graft cases that are concerned with states, the CBI handles such cases involving Departments functioning under the Central Government.
Balasubramany further said the main objective for observing the Vigilance Awareness Week is to put in maximum efforts to check corruption by using new technologies.
The week-long awareness programme which was inaugurated on October 27 will continue till November 1 .