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CBI Director breaks silence on BK Bansal suicide

Bansal, who was Corporate Affairs Director-General when CBI arrested him on bribery charges in July this year, in his suicide note, had accused agency officials of torturing him and his family

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Terming the alleged suicide of senior bureaucrat BK Bansal and his family as a "painful and unfortunate incident", Anil Sinha, director of Central Bureau of Investigation, said that if agency officials are found guilty they will be brought to justice. Bansal, who was Corporate Affairs Director-General when CBI arrested him on bribery charges in July this year, in his suicide note, had accused agency officials of torturing him and his family.

"This (suicide) is an extremely painful and unfortunate incident.I have personally initiated an internal inquiry into the allegations made by the deceased in the note believed to be written by him before his death," said Anil Sinha adding that the probe agency wanted to get to the bottom of the case.

"Our intention is to get to the bottom of the case and if any wrong doing is established on part of any of our officials they will be brought to justice," the director while speaking at the sidelines of D P Kohli Memorial event which is organised annually by the CBI in honour of its founder Director, late D P Kohli.

Another senior official told dna that the internal inquiry into the allegations made by Bansal "will conclude very soon". "The Delhi police is probing the alleged suicide of Mr Bansal and three of his family members.Investigators from Delhi police had recently asked for some documents relating to the case of Mr Bansal and we provided the same. On our part, we are probing the allegations of harassment made against CBI officials and will soon conclude our internal probe," the official said.

On July 19, BK Bansal was arrested by the CBI on alleged charges of bribery and attempting to scuttle a probe against a Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company. The probe agency had also allegedly caught him accepting a bribe of Rs 9 lakh. Three days after Bansal's arrest his wife Satyabala, 57, and daughter Neha, 27, committed suicide by hanging themselves. Bansal himself was granted bail in August however on September 27, bodies of BK Bansal and his son were found at their Madhu Vihar residence. In a note left behind and sent to some media house as well, Bansal said he had taken the extreme step due to the harassment and "torture" that his family witnessed at the hands of some officials of the CBI, as claimed in the suicide note.

"The inquiry will be fair and conclusive," said the CBI director at the annual event in National Capital. The event saw lectures delivered by Bob Paulson, the Chief of Royal Canadian Mounted Police , who emphasised on greater co-operation between Indian and Canadian law enforcement agencies.

"We have nearly 392 investigation matters underway in over 66 countries and the International Component of investigations is expected to grow manifold in coming years. As the nodal agency for Transnational Organized Crime, Interpol, Anti-corruption and Bank Frauds, CBI has been alive to these unfolding challenges. We have recognized the need to enhance investigation capacity in all emerging areas of investigation and forging partnership with law enforcement agencies of major countries," the director said.

"Time has also come in India to enhance use of technology in trial processes and undertake comprehensive simplification of procedural laws to expedite the delivery of justice," he added. According to senior CBI officials among the topics discussed between the Canadian and Indian officials were relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots witness along with 13 extradition pleas from India. The agency has also sought co-operation from its Canadian counterparts to investigate Ottawa businessman Nazir Karigar who is accused arranging bribes to Air India officials in India in a failed bid to win a security contract from the airline.

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