CBI joins Facebook, seeks netizens’ help

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 09, 2011, 14:32

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New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has joined social networking site Facebook in a bid to get help from people in cracking cases.

CBI sources said the idea of going online is first being implemented by its Bhopal unit on experimental basis which will be further followed by all its wings after assessing people's response.

The sources said the agency is garnering good response from Internet surfers and getting information from all concerned.

"Our Bhopal unit is on Facebook. People can share any information which they feel can be of some use to CBI. We will assess people's response through this and if it’s found encouraging we may plan the same for other units too," a senior CBI official said.

The agency will seek help in cracking the murder case of Bhopal-based RTI activist Shehla Masood through its Facebook account.

"We are getting some help related to Shehla's case. Though it has been transferred to our Delhi unit, we feel the information may be of some use to us. The information, after cross verification, will be passed on to concerned officials probing the matter," another CBI official working with Bhopal unit, said.

Masood was shot dead outside her residence in the posh Koh-e-Fiza locality in Bhopal on August 16.

The case is being probed by the agency's Delhi-based Special Crime Unit.

The CBI, which remains clueless in the case, had announced an award of Rs 5 lakhs in September for anyone providing credible information about the murder.

PTI

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First Published: Wednesday, November 09, 2011, 14:32

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HVSRC SHARMA BE.C.ENGG,. - HYD
HATS UP TO CBI.IN 2011,THE CBI IS AWAKENING ALL CORRUPTIVE BUGGERS OF INDIAN SOCIETY FROM LAY MAN TO IAS OFFICERS AND EVEN STATE AND CABINET MINISTERS ALONG WITH VVIPS.KEEP IT OUT AND CONTINUE TO FISH OUT ALL CULPRITS FROM OUR INDIAN SOCIETY IN FUTURE.

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Anand Sharma - Longmont
Just opening an account on Facebook is not enough. It definitely looks fashionable & cool also provides a positive coverage of the CBI in the media. But the need of the hour is to use social media like facebook to build trust among the common people. For that, CBI Bhopal has to provide regular, meaningful non-confidential information on these sites. Similar to how Mr. Satyendra Garg is using social media effectively, to control Delhi Traffic. After 2 months of NOTHING, the media has gone around writing that CBI Bhopal, has not found any breakthrough in the case of Shehla Masood Murder and is completely inefficient and ineffective. Instead of providing a Sarkari Style formal reply, Cbi Bhopal should put something concrete, non-confidential information on this facebook page. Hoping CBI Bhopal uses Social Media, as effectively as Mr. Satyendra Garg and others and just do not boast that they are modern, by simply registering on Facebook