CBI proposes new address in Pune

The office of the Pune unit of the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) would have a new address.

The new CBI office will be set up in Sector 7, near Bhosari District Centre, on Pimpri-Chinchwad New Township Development Authority (PCNTDA) land. The agency has already sent a proposal to PCNTDA recently.

Officials from its Delhi office made a spot visit on Monday along with the Pune CBI team to inspect the venue selected by the agency to set up a swank office.

Superintendent of police of Pune ACB-CBI, Vidya Kulkarni, told DNA that the new CBI premises in Pune will have look like a corporate office. “Provisions have been made to establish residential quarters on the same premises,’’ she added.

PCNTDA chief executive officer, Suhas Divase, said the authority has approved the proposal in principle. About 2 acres has been earmarked for the project, subject to approval of the state government’s urban planning department.

At present the CBI office is located in the Kendriya Sadan building near Akurdi railway station. The Pune unit of the CBI has jurisdiction over 10 districts: Pune, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Kolhapur, Aurangabad, Beed, Jalna, Osmanabad and Ahmednagar.