S P S Yadav, the additional director general of the Maharashtra CID, tells Chandran Iyer his organisation has been doing a wonderful job

It is alleged that the Maharashtra CID doesn't enjoy the reputation that UK's Scotland Yard does.
I totally disagree. The CID is an old organisation with a great reputation. If that were not the case, then there

Top cop: S P S Yadav, the additional director general of the Maharashtra CID. Pic/Anil Naik

would not beu00a0 so much demand to transfer complicated cases to the CID.u00a0 Every time there is some discontent in the manner of investigation conducted by the police, there is an orchestrated demand to transfer the case to the CID. The kind of requests we receive speaks volumes about our performance, competence and reputation. We handle some of the most challenging cases.u00a0 We handle cases, which no officer in Mumbai is ready to handle.

But even when you compare state CID with the CBI, one finds the latter to be much more proactive.
This is true to some extent. In the CBI, people undertake field operations right from the beginning. That is not the case with the CID. The mindset of the CBI is different from that of the CID. Senior police officers that have been working at executive posts depend on the constabulary for field operations. But when they are recruited to the CID they suddenly find themselves handicapped because all this has to be done by themselves. Besides, there is also a dearth of manpower at the junior level and there is a need for augmenting their mobility by providing them more vehicles.