Kolkata, April 29: CBI Special Director A P Singh today said shortage of staff is one of the main reasons for delay in investigations in different cases.
“CBI is functioning with 50 per cent of required staff which is delaying investigations,” Singh told reporters here. Asked about the main reason for the shortage, Singh said “though in CBI the staff gets 25 per cent more salary, people don’t want to leave their home states. IPS officers are also reluctant to join the central cadre.”
He said the agency was thinking of posting people in their states.
“We are also thinking of a separate incentive pattern which might attract more people to CBI,” he said.
The CBI was also mulling technical and forensic labs in each zone which would reduce the investigation period.
“There is so much pressure that it takes nine to ten months for reports to come, but if we can create one (technical and forensic labs) in each of the 16 zones then we think we can reduce the time of investigation,” Singh added.
The Centre has also decided to allot 71 additional courts dedicated to CBI-related cases, he added.
–PTI