Yesterday, a statement of the CBI Director, Shri Ranjit Sinha was published in the Economic Times. The truth had slipped out. He said that the UPA would have been happier if Amit Shah had been charge-sheeted in the Ishrat Jehan case. He further went on to add that the CBI found no evidence against Amit Shah. Since the statement was expected to attract a lot of adverse comments against the Government, the CBI Director issued an unconvincing clarification the he had been misquoted. Independent of the CBI Director's statement and the clarification, as the tenure of the UPA draws to a close, it may be helpful if the process of manipulation of the CBI is seriously examined.

Using Police and investigating agencies to fabricate cases is nothing unusual. During the Emergency almost two lakh FIRs were concocted against political activists. Those in preventive detention were detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and the others under the Defence of India Rules which were applicable during the proclamation of Emergency. Most FIRs registered by the Police were somewhat similar. The opposition political workers were accused of delivering a speech at the Milk booths or a Bus stop in the early hours of morning as to how the Congress Government should be overthrown. These were no grounds of detention. Regrettably not a single police officer stood up and revolted by asserting that he would not lodge a false FIR or implicate an innocent man in it. They all colluded in contributing to the tyranny of the Emergency.


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