29 Women Among 53 CBI Officers To Probe Manipur Violence Cases

Two Additional Superintendents of Police and six Deputy Superintendents of Police - all women - are also part of the 53-member force, officials said.

In a major mobilisation, the CBI on Wednesday deputed 53 officers, including 29 women, drawn from its units across the country to probe Manipur violence cases, officials said.

The team which includes three DIGs - Lovely Katiyar, Nirmala Devi and Mohit Gupta - and Superintendent of Police Rajveer will report to Joint Director Ghanshyam Upadhyay who will supervise the overall probe, they said.

It is understood to be first of its kind mobilisation where such a large number of women officers have been simultaneously pressed into service, they said.