Ex-CBI officer left high and dry over pay dues

Narayanan was appointed as a consultant by the CBI in April 2011. The agency deployed him in special cases and had promised a remuneration of Rs. 50,000 per month.

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Ex-CBI officer left high and dry over pay dues

Former CBI joint director, Mulinja Narayanan

A retired joint director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is running from pillar to post to get his dues from the country's premier investigative agency but to no avail. With all hope lost, Mulinja Narayanan, 65, who retired in 2009, has written to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), requesting it to intervene into the matter.

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Narayanan has served the CBI for 38 years and holds an exceptional track record. He has worked on several high profile cases, some of which include former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, Ayodhya temple case and Kandahar hijack case, among others.

Narayanan was appointed as a consultant by the CBI in April 2011. The agency deployed him in special cases and had promised a remuneration of Rs. 50,000 per month.

Notably, the agency paid him his fees as a lump-sum amount every six months. Narayanan, because of his distinguished services, had been given several extensions by the CBI.

However, in the recent past, the agency failed to pay him his dues which amount to Rs. 3.5 lakh for the period from October 2013 to April 2014. On enquiring about the delay in receiving his remuneration, the CBI dilly-dallied with their response and initially told him that his "file was under process", which would be cleared soon. Later, the CBI informed him that his file was stuck with the department of personnel and training (DoPT). It is worth noting that the DoPT falls directly under the purview of the PMO.

Distressed by the delay in his compensation, Narayanan wrote to the PMO on June 15, 2014. However, he still hasn't received any response from the ministry. "Even after my retirement, I have to run around for THE defence ministry has scrapped the deal with South Korea for the purchase of mine countermeasure vessels (MCMVs). The South Korean company Kangnam Corporation has been informed that the contract is not moving further as the process was being terminated. The price negotiations were concluded with Kangnam Corporation in 2011 for the purchase of eight minesweepers. The company had faced allegations that it hired "agents" in violation of the Indian procurement procedures. The Navy has informed the ministry about the urgency of the purchase as it has been projected as one of the critical requirements as these are specialised warships for the safety of shipping traffic. Mail Today/New Delhi the compensation I am entitled to. The CBI failed to provide me with a reasonable justification for the delay and so I wrote to the PMO, explaining my predicament. However, I haven't even received an acknowledgement from them," Narayanan told MAIL TODAY.

He further added, "After serving the agency for such a long time, I was not expecting such an unruly treatment. The director of CBI was entitled with financial powers to incur expenditure upto Rs. 10 lakh in a case on consultants and my payment is only Rs. 3.5 lakh. A few months ago, I met and requested him to pay from the delegated powers of other funds. I had also sent emails to Jitendra Singh, MoS in PMO, but no one has given a satisfactory reply yet," he said.