Will keep door open, let’s see what govt can do: CBI chief

Sinha said his visitors could be frisked by the police but he would not tell them to stop visiting him.

CBI Director Ranjit Sinha told The Indian Express on Thursday that he would now throw open the door of his residence. “I am going to keep my gate open and have already given instructions… let us see what the government can do,’’ he said.

Asked if such a move would be opposed in view of his “Z category” security, Sinha said his visitors could be frisked by the police but he would not tell them to stop visiting him. “There are already those who have stopped dropping in and all this has affected my social standing… if some public servant wants to come, or an MP wants to visit me, should I turn them away?’’ he said.

Claiming that his interactions with a wide section of people had helped the CBI register several corruption cases, he said, “If you check with the CBI’s special unit, you will find out how many leads have been given to them at my level. You have to often catch a thief through a thief, and that is why I am going to open my doors to anyone who has information.”

Asked why certain people were frequent visitors, Sinha said, “Why should I tell the media who has come to my house and why? If I have not given any undue favours to anyone, how do these things matter?”

Ritu Sarin

Ritu Sarin is Executive Editor (News and Investigations) at The Indian Express group. Her areas of specialisation include internal security, money laundering and corruption. Sarin is one of India’s most renowned reporters and has a career in journalism of over four decades. She is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) since 1999 and since early 2023, a member of its Board of Directors. She has also been a founder member of the ICIJ Network Committee (INC). She has, to begin with, alone, and later led teams which have worked on ICIJ’s Offshore Leaks, Swiss Leaks, the Pulitzer Prize winning Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Implant Files, Fincen Files, Pandora Papers, the Uber Files and Deforestation Inc. She has conducted investigative journalism workshops and addressed investigative journalism conferences with a specialisation on collaborative journalism in several countries. ... Read More

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