No Arms training lesson for new sleuths in CBI

NEW DELHI: Is CBI saying Farewell to Arms?
     
It appears so since GenNext CBI sleuths will be on the field without any arms training following a decision by the country's premier probe agency to stop imparting this skill in their training course.
     
"...We have taken out the arms training module for them and have concentrated on increasing their hi-tech skills like using the latest softwares and gadgets which would be useful in their investigation," CBI Joint Director K Saleem Ali told journalists during an interaction programme.
     
With every second terror strike having a vital link to the cyberspace, the CBI has decided to train new officers more on cracking cyber crimes rather than focus on target shooting with arms.
     
At present a batch of 38 trainee sub-inspectors are undergoing training at the CBI Academy in Ghaziabad who would be the agency's generation-next officers, he said.
     
"These officers are being trained in everything from computer to driving a car...We have concentrated on increasing their hi-tech skills so that on their induction, they could perform in more better way," Ali said.
     
Ali said the CBI is training them in such a way that the new breed of officers become multi-taskers and hence the stress is not only on physical fitness but also mental and intellectual strength.