CBI-IPS: What is this relationship called? CBI is maintaining a brotherly relationship with IPS officers.

CBI-IPS: What is this relationship called? 

 CBI is maintaining a brotherly relationship with IPS officers.

 Inder Vashisth

The CBI, which has earned the title of "caged parrot" from the Supreme Court, has also reprimanded the Supreme Court, stating that the investigating agency must break free from this old image of a caged parrot and prove its impartiality. Despite this, the CBI does not appear to be operating in an independent, impartial, and transparent manner. To be impartial, impartiality must be visible.

These days, the CBI is not officially informing the media about even the arrests of corrupt Delhi Police officers. By doing so, the CBI is, in a way, trying to hide the sins of corrupt officers. 

The CBI has been taken aback by the involvement of IPS officers in corruption cases. Instead of honestly performing its duties, the CBI appears to be maintaining a brotherly relationship with IPS officers. The CBI's silence casts doubt on its role. In the past month, four cases of arrests of corrupt Delhi Police officers have been reported. In the cases of Inspector Pradeep Singh and Inspector Subhash Yadav, IPS officers are also said to be involved. The CBI did not officially inform the media about the arrests of the accused in all four cases. The biggest question is that if the CBI is not even officially disclosing information about the arrests of the inspectors, then one can only imagine how it will conduct the investigation against IPS officers. The CBI is forgetting that only by publicizing the arrests of corrupt officers as much as possible will people's trust in the CBI increase. Only then will more people show the courage to get corrupt officers arrested.

 On June 8, the CBI arrested Inspector Pradeep Singh of the Delhi Police, Crime Branch on charges of accepting a bribe of ₹1 crore. Inspector Pradeep's godfather, a senior IPS officer, had demanded a bribe of ₹3 crore from N. Raja, an accused in a CBI case. This senior IPS officer claimed to have saved the accused through his connections, influence, and collusion within the CBI. The CBI FIR provided detailed information about Inspector Pradeep, N. Raja, the accused in the CBI case, and his associate Rajkumar. On May 14, 2026, Inspector Pradeep took both of them to the office of his superior, a senior government official. The senior officer assured N. Raja of protection in the CBI case. He demanded a bribe of ₹3 crore, including an advance of ₹1.5 crore. Despite this, the CBI did not mention the senior officer's name in the FIR, instead naming an unknown senior government official. The CBI had such solid information that the money would be obtained through hawala and delivered to Inspector Pradeep in Delhi on June 8th. Based on this information, the CBI arrested Inspector Pradeep and middleman Rajkumar. In such a situation, would the CBI, considered the most powerful in the country, not have known the name of the Inspector's IPS officer before registering the FIR? No one would believe this. This suggests that the CBI deliberately omitted his name from the FIR. If the CBI's intentions are completely correct and clear, then it should explain why the IPS officer's name was not included in the FIR and why Inspector Pradeep's arrest was not officially announced. Head Constable Ajay, posted in the Anti-Narcotics Cell of Dwarka district, was arrested by the CBI on April 21, 2026, while accepting a bribe of ₹2 lakh. Over ₹4.8 million was recovered from the cell's office. The CBI had reported the head constable's arrest. But the CBI did not arrest Inspector Subhash Yadav of the Narcotics Cell at that time. Police rumors suggest that Inspector Subhash was shielded from arrest by his godfather, an IPS officer. This cast doubt on the CBI's role. As the case escalated, the CBI arrested Inspector Subhash Yadav on May 11th.

There have been reports of Inspector Subhash's assets/transactions worth ₹100 crore and his nexus with several IPS officers. The CBI did not officially inform the media of Inspector Subhash's arrest. The CBI should explain why Inspector Subhash Yadav was not arrested on April 21st. Whether any IPS officers are involved in this case or not. On June 10th, the CBI registered a case against ASI Shiv Prakash and Sub-Inspector Arvind Singh, posted at the Hari Nagar Cyber ​​Police Station in West Delhi, for demanding a bribe of ₹20 lakh by threatening to arrest a person from Rajasthan. The CBI did not disclose the number of police officers arrested in this case. On June 5th, the CBI arrested Sub-Inspector Sachin and Head Constable Praveen Kutel, posted at the Amar Colony Police Station, red-handed while accepting a bribe. In this case, the CBI did not officially report the arrests of the police officers. On the other hand, on June 6th, the CBI officially announced the arrest of ASI Hitesh Kumar of Sector 39 Police Station in Chandigarh for accepting a bribe of ₹40,000. This exposes the discrimination practiced by the CBI between police and police. Inspector Subhash Yadav is also said to be a close associate of the then Dwarka District DCP, M. Harsh Vardhan (now in the CBI). This is the same Harsh Vardhan who, in July 2024, arrested an innocent driver in connection with the deaths caused by rainwater flooding a coaching center in Rajendra Nagar. The driver was accused of causing the water to enter the coaching center while driving. The court severely reprimanded the police for this act. This case exposed Harsh Vardhan's investigative capabilities. The appointment of such an IPS officer to the CBI also raises questions about the CBI's officer selection process. However, the truth is that Inspector Subhash cannot have just one godfather. IPS Shankar Chaudhary has already been exposed. The then DCP, Santosh Meena, first posted Subhash Yadav in the Nigerian-dominated Mohan Garden area. This area is a hub of drug dealers and a source of significant revenue for the police. The lure of substantial revenue from this area drew IPS officer Shankar Chaudhary from Mizoram.

 IPS officers either colluded with Inspector Subhash, or these IPS officers were so incompetent, naive, and foolish that their subordinate inspector extorted huge sums from drug smugglers for years without them even noticing. In either case, strict action must be taken against these officers. Inspector Subhash flourished under the tutelage of IPS officers Santosh Meena, Shankar Chaudhary, M Harsh Vardhan, and Ankit Kumar Singh, who served as DCPs in Dwarka district. If the Home Minister truly wants to free the police from corruption and control crime and criminals, he should launch a strong crackdown on the IPS-inspector nexus. He should not delay in sending IPS officers who colluded with the inspector to jail. After this matter came to light, Special Police Commissioner (Law and Order Zone 2) Madhup Tiwari was transferred to Arunachal Pradesh with immediate effect on May 2nd. He was not given any post. This only strengthened the speculation that his removal was due to his connection to the Inspector Subhash scandal. If Madhup Tiwari was indeed removed for this reason, then why hasn't any strict action been taken against him? By merely transferring him, the Home Ministry has, in a way, only protected him. Dwarka district was under the jurisdiction of Special Commissioner Madhup Tiwari. Tiwari had previously served as Joint Commissioner of Police of the Western Range. A few years ago, when Tiwari was in the CBI, the CBI sent him back to his cadre before his deputation was complete. If the CBI abandons its fraternal attitude towards IPS officers and conducts an honest and impartial investigation, the IPS officers who were Inspector Subhash Yadav's superiors could also be exposed. The Delhi Police registered an FIR against former Dwarka DCP Shankar Chaudhary on February 5, 2026. He faces the sensational allegation of illegally confining a foreign national, a drug dealer, and extorting ₹3.5 million from him. However, Chaudhary has not yet been arrested. The Home Minister should have immediately arrested IPS Shankar Chaudhary in this highly charged case. Only by sending such a gangster type of IPS officer to jail will the fear of law be created among other corrupt IPS officers also.