Misra takes over

Uma Shankar Misra, an IPS officer of the Orissa cadre, today took over as the CBI director. Misra, who has held the post of a special director in the investigating agency, said some of the areas the agency would be concentrating on are preventive vigilance and mounting a surveillance on officers with 8216;8216;doubtful integrity.8217;8217;

He said the problem faced by the CBI is that they haven8217;t been able to extradite fugitives. 8216;8216;The foundation stone has been laid by my predecessor P.C. Sharma and I will continue to strive in that direction,8217;8217; Misra said. On the formation of a federal probe agency, he said the Malimath Committee had come out with proposals and the agency is studying them. On the CBI8217;s inability to investigate cases on its own, he said: 8216;8216;We are at the mercy of the government..we have no locus standi.8217;8217;

Misra has worked as SP, DIG and CBI special director. He also headed the Parliament security as Joint Secretary and was head of the Orissa vigilance.