CBI mobilises 53 officers including 29 women to probe Manipur violence cases
Since the Deputy Superintendents of Police cannot be supervisory officers in such cases, the agency has sent three DIGs and one SP to supervise and monitor the investigations. Image used for representational purpose only. NEW DELHI: In a major mobilisation, the CBI on Wednesday deputed 53 officers, including 29 women, drawn from its units across the country to probe Manipur violence cases, officials said. The team which includes three DIGs — Lovely Katiyar, Nirmala Devi and Mohit Gupta — and Superintendent of Police Rajveer will report to Joint Director Ghanshyam Upadhyay who will supervise the overall probe, they said. It is understood to be first of its kind mobilisation where such a large number of women officers have been simultaneously pressed into service, they said. Sources said that several of these cases being probed by the...