New Delhi, August 26: Asking CBI and state anti- corruption officials to aggressively pursue “high level corruption”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the perception that “big fish” escape punishment must change and they should act swiftly and without fear.
Opening a conference of CBI and state anti-corruption bureaux here, he said there was no single remedy for fighting corruption which has to be combated at many levels, one of which was making existing systems less discretionary.
“High-level corruption should be pursued aggressively.
There is a pervasive feeling that while petty cases get tackled quickly, the big fish escape punishment. This has to change,” Singh said.
—Agencies