Union Finance Minister exhorts investigative agencies to maintain high standards of professionalism
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IBNS): Arun Jaitley, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, exhorted Directorate of Revenue Intelligence to maintain high integrity and professional standards and endeavour to become a “a near perfect” organisation.
In his address as the chief guest at the 61st Founding Day of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at a unction here on Tuesday, Jaitley spelled out few cardinal principles which every investigative agency should follow to achieve utmost level of perfection.
Elaborating the principles, Jaitley said that investigative agencies need to maintain utmost level of professionalism and be guided by one sole purpose, which is detection of crime.
Jaitley further said that the investigating officers have to make sure that no innocent is harmed or harassed but at the same time they have to ensure that no guilty gets away.
“The lesser it is in media controversy or news, the better it is for them. No news is good news as far as investigative agencies are concerned,” the Minister said. Cases not being established doesn’t add to the stature of the investigative agency. Maintaining high standards adds credibility to any investigative agency, the Minister observed.
Talking about the challenges of the present and future for DRI, Jaitley said that India is located in an area where narcotics smuggling world over has picked up and therefore India is adversely impacted by it.
“In the current geopolitical situation, considering India’s neighbourhood, we are affected by terrorism and therefore illegal smuggling of arms and ammunitions, particularly to aide insurgents in various parts of the country, is still in favour. The onus lies on our agencies to actually make sure that the country is safe and secure,” he said.
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