CIB (India) Mumbai Chapter
Fourth Meeting Report
June 21, 2014
Venue: IofC flat at Kumaram, Worli Seaface
“Go after corruption. It bothers Indians and needs to be fixed. However, at present it also churns the wheels of our economic system. Draconian measures or finger pointing will solve nothing. It might bring the country to a halt. You don‟t solve a blood cont amination disease by cutting off the arteries of the heart. You make the blood pure again one pill, one small
transfusion at a time.” wrote Chetan Bhagat in a news article after a new government was elected in India.
Mr. S S Puri, former Director General of Police (Anti-Corruption), after quoting Chetan Bhagat continued to share, “To combat cancer, we require chemotherapy which is given in small doses and is calibrated. To overcome the menace of this national
termite which has rendered us hollow; we need to have clear thinking and appropriate strategy.”
Mr. Puri was addressing a small group of 13 persons who had met for the monthly CIB Mumbai Chapter meeting. As part of the vision that the Chapter Convener, Anil Chopra had for his team, he had invited a respected personality to share with his team mates his own challenges and experiences in dealing with corruption and ethical issues.
The former civil officer who post-retirement was entrusted with the Stamp Paper Scam that was of enormous proportions and huge ramifications spoke softly of how he found the work of the police a wonderful service. Describing it as „paid social service‟, he shared how a policeman‟s job is contingent to the world around him and though unpredictable (often violent and messy) it is a profession that is most honourable and satisfying where the job satisfaction is instant.