Honest officers need not fear CBI, CAG: CVC

Honest officers need not worry about CBI or CAG as genuine errors are differentiated from deliberate ones while deciding corruption cases, Vigilance Commissioner in CVC, TM Bhasin said on Sunday.

He said the Commission has also introduced a procedure to check <g data-gr-id="19">malafide</g> complaints of alleged corruption, which usually surge against an officer when he or she is being considered for a high-level appointment, by asking the complainants to "own it up" first. Bhasin said the anti-corruption watchdog is also taking measures to speed up the pending corruption cases.

"Honest bureaucrats need not fear CAG, CBI or CVC. The Commission looks into the complaints of corruption in a very judicious manner. Any file that comes to us, we find vigilance or non-vigilance angle in it and only in vigilance cases we proceed with punishment," he said. Bhasin, a former Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank, said there is no "witch hunting". "Wherever we see a corruption case, we refer it to the CBI for <g data-gr-id="20">probe</g>. There is no witch hunting," the Vigilance Commissioner said. He said the Commission checks <g data-gr-id="16">malafide</g> complaints against certain bureaucrats when they are being considered for some appointments.