Respect the CBI, Shinde tells critics

November 10, 2013 19:36

Dismissing criticism of the Central Bureau of Investigation, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Sunday defended the agency, saying it is a credible, independent organisation which should be respected.

"When people are not in power, they say such things. CBI is a credible, independent organisation. It should be respected," Shinde said at a function here after inaugurating RAF academy of Public Order, the country's first police academy for riot control and public order management.

The opposition BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi have alleged that CBI was being misused by the government to settle political scores. Adding to the string of controversies surrounding the CBI, the Gauhati high court has ruled the agency as unconstitutional, an order which has been stayed by the Supreme Court after the Centre challenged it.

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