Hyderabad: The country’s premier investigative agency CBI has informed the Hyderabad High Court that its Hyderabad branch is overburdened with the investigation of several important cases. In a counter-affidavit filed before the High Court, CBI joint director, Hyderabad, said that infrastructure and manpower in CBI are very limited.
The counter-affidavit was filed following its direction in a PIL by State Minorities Commi-ssion for Telangana and Abid Rasool Khan seeking CBI probe into alleged irregularities in Wakf properties. The petitioners have sought a direction from the court to the CBI to probe into the illegal encroachment of Wakf properties in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The CBI has brought to the notice of the court that it has been empowered to investigate offences notified by the Central government under the Section 3 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act 1946. The investigative agency submitted that the case which has been cited in the PIL does not involve any complicated issues of law or interstate or international ramifications.
