Reborn as a Police Officer in India

Chapter 254 Hiding behind the scenes as the emperor
After Rawdon learned that Fares was transferred to Mumbai, his original position as Deputy Commissioner of Pune District was promoted by Pune District Police Chief Sit Walmart.

Sit was originally a second-class superintendent, and his rank was promoted one level, and he is now a first-class superintendent.

It can be said that every job transfer will affect the future of countless people.

After Sit's promotion, someone will definitely take over his original position as the Chief of the Pune District Police Station, and so on.

Sit and Rotun have a good relationship, and Rotun is of course happy for Sit's promotion.

This can be considered as the network of relationships that Rotun has established in the police system.

"Director!" Rotun entered the director's office and prepared to report to the new director.

The welcome ceremony for the new director has just ended, and now we have to talk about work matters.

"Ah, Rotten, come and sit down!" Fares hurriedly stood up from his chair, then came out from behind the desk, and he and Rotten sat down on the sofa in front.

This means being treated equally and on an equal footing.

Generally speaking, when subordinates come in to report on their work, it is very good for the director to ask them to sit down. It is impossible for the director to come out from behind the desk.

Fares was well aware of Rawdon's future.

How could he have been the district director in the first place?
He did not dare to neglect Deputy Director Rotun at all.

It can be said that as long as Rotten is in the police station, he can even listen to Rotten on many things.

After all, Roton will be promoted to first-class superintendent soon, and then their police ranks will be the same, and they will be equal in this respect.

The higher-ups will use Luoton in important positions. After being promoted to first-class superintendent, it will be impossible for Luoton to be the deputy director here anymore.

In other words, Roton will be transferred soon.

So what is there for me to compete with Rotten for?

When Rawdon was still in the police station, he would support whatever he wanted to do.

No matter what, Roton and I are from the same family and we support each other.

Therefore, he was still very clear about his position and temporarily did a good job of cooperating with Roton.

After all, Luoton was in charge of all the cases during this period. As a newly appointed director, he had no idea about these things.

If you intervene and are not familiar with the situation, you might end up causing trouble.

Besides, there was no need for him to offend Rotun. It would not be too late to send Rotun away after a while and then establish his own authority as director.

Rotun could naturally feel Fares' intentions.

He did not mean to undermine Fares' power. After all, his time here was short and he would leave soon.

But Rotun was still very satisfied with the fact that Fares had delegated power so much.

Fortunately, he is one of us, otherwise it would be very troublesome.

After all, the other party is the director and legally holds the power in the police station.

Half a month later, Rotun finally received an order from the Central Bureau of Investigation to participate in the investigation of the Andy Mutu case.

Because this case is of great importance and involves many telecom operators in various states across the country, Luoton is only responsible for the Mabang side.

The person in charge cannot be Roden, but rather the director of the CBI's Maharashtra branch, Vides Jha, with Roden assisting in the investigation as a special investigation commissioner.

Normally, the CBI would cooperate with the local police in these investigations, with the police providing manpower and so on.

Roton is a special investigation commissioner of the CBI and a member of the Maharashtra police. Most importantly, Roton has close connections with senior officials of the Maharashtra police.

This is definitely the best person for CBI.

With Luo Dun as the liaison, I believe the cooperation between CBI and the police will be very pleasant.

In many cases, the police will definitely support the CBI's request for cooperation.

But there are some special cases.

That is, if the local police or government resists the CBI's investigation, they may interfere.

They cooperated openly but secretly made trouble. Even the Central Bureau of Investigation could not do anything to the police about this kind of thing.

With Roton around, Vides believed that his mission this time would definitely be smoother than that of other states.

He also wants to go further. The director of the state branch is not his ultimate goal, but the director general of the CBI is.

The term of the current director Sharif is almost up. He is not at an advantage in terms of age, so even if he is re-elected, he will probably only serve one more term.

Moreover, Sharif might just take a back seat.

Then he, Vides, is a strong contender for the next director of the General Administration.

Even if Sharif is elected again in the next term, he will still have a chance in the next term.

Although there are distinctions between the positions of Director General, Deputy Director and Directors of State Branches, their police ranks are actually the same: Director General of Police.

They are all qualified to compete for the position of director of the General Administration.

The fact that he can serve as the director of a branch in a major economic state like Mabang is a testament to his strength.

Having received orders from the CBI, Roden immediately reported to Vides and accepted Vides's task assignment.

"Rotten, I didn't expect that we could work together again." Vides smiled and asked Rotten to sit down.

He had a good impression of Rawdon.

He was very satisfied with the steady income from the coal mine.

The last time Roton conducted an investigation into the state's Ministry of the Interior, Vides actually cooperated.

The Central Bureau of Investigation is very respectful.

If they really don't agree, Mabang may not be able to stop them.

Once the Central Bureau of Investigation intervenes, the earthquake in Maharashtra's political arena will probably be much more serious than it is now.

Of course, Rodon himself was also a member of the Central Bureau of Investigation, so Sharif, the director of the bureau, did not insist any further.

"No, it's not cooperation, I'm just following your orders." Rotten said immediately.

Vides could be polite to him, but Rotun wouldn't take it seriously.

After all, he is your superior and needs to be respected.

Vides laughed.

He still admired Rotten very much.

It's not just because Rotun is also a member of their CBI, the most important thing is that Rotun holds a high position at his age. In the future, Rotun will definitely be the number one figure in the police system.

No one wants to offend such a young person with great potential.

These people now have higher status and greater power than Rotten, but they also have to consider some things after retirement.

This is not just for themselves, they also have to consider their future generations.

If he had a friend like Rotun, his children and nephews would at least have an extra supporter in the future.

"Okay, let's get down to business." Vides immediately stopped smiling. "I went to the Delhi headquarters a few days ago, and the director held a special meeting on this matter..."

Listening to Vides' words, Rotten began to ponder in his mind.

This case against Andy Mutu is a big one, even the CBI is a little nervous.

For this matter, Director General Sharif specially summoned the directors of the state branches to a meeting at the Delhi headquarters.

How in-depth and wide-ranging the investigation needs to be requires setting the tone and defining the scope of the investigation.

Sharif himself was unsure of what to do this time, so he called a meeting of the branch directors to discuss and listen to everyone's opinions. Luo Dun probably understood Sharif's current mentality.

Although the Congress Party could not withstand the pressure from the opposition, it finally agreed to the CBI to investigate Andimutu.

But Sharif must have been told privately by his superiors to favor Andy Mutu during the investigation.

In other words, the Congress Party asked the CBI to investigate this time in order to eliminate the public’s grievances.

The government will say, look everyone, we have asked the CBI to investigate.

This can indeed calm the angry people a little.

However, Roton was well aware of the Congress Party's approach and knew that in the end, it would definitely require the Central Bureau of Investigation to issue a report that would reduce the guilt of Andymuthu and his gang.

Not really what to do with them.

In other words, the stick is raised high and dropped lightly, purely to fool people.

But Sharif knew very well that if he really wanted to follow the Congress Party's wishes, the opposition would definitely not let him go.

At that time, he, as the Director General of the CBI, will become the target of public criticism and a shield for the Congress Party.

When the time comes, Sharif believes that the Congress Party will definitely put the blame on him.

Since these investigation results were produced by the CBI, he, as the director general, naturally has to bear the main responsibility.

Then his end will probably not be good.

There is a high probability of liquidation.

Even if the Congress Party has made some promises to him now, such as guaranteeing his safety, etc., if Andy Mutu and others are let off lightly, this matter will basically become a big deal.

Someone will have to take responsibility at that time, right?
We can’t ask Prime Minister Manmohan to take responsibility, right?
That's why Sharif summoned Vides and other branch directors to the Delhi headquarters to discuss countermeasures.

This time is very dangerous for the CBI.

It will not only have a huge impact on Sharif personally, but also on Vides and others.

If this matter fails, the reputation of their CBI will probably plummet.

You should know that some people, whether politicians or the media, have long suggested that the current CBI has too much power and needs to be rectified.

They called on the government to cut some of the CBI's powers.

It is foreseeable that if they really let Andymuthu go this time, the power of the CBI in the future will probably be greatly reduced.

This is something that Vides and the others don't want to see.

Branch directors like Vides are like the emperor hidden behind the scenes in various states.

Whether it is the local police, judicial departments or government politicians, they are all very wary of them.

If their power is small, will these guys still be afraid of them?

Without corresponding absolute power, deterrence will be greatly reduced.

So, they are united in retaining the power of the CBI.

After two days of discussion, we finally reached a preliminary decision.

That is, it is definitely not possible to let Andy Mutu and his gang off easily.

However, Andy Mutu's identity is too special. If he is arrested, the Congress Party will have no explanation.

So, they decided to start with other people.

There are some people around Andy Mutu, or some operators. Some of these people will have to become scapegoats this time.

In other words, if the CBI does not arrest a group of people in this investigation, it will definitely not be able to explain to the public.

It is difficult to move against key figures like Andy Mutu for the time being, so we can only move against some of the relatively weaker ones among them, which should be able to appease the public's anger.

This was the final decision made by Sharif and others.

After listening to Vides's narration, Roton understood why they made such a decision.

This is a compromise.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any problem with this.

As long as Andy Mutu and other key figures are fine, I believe the Congress Party will understand and make the best of a small matter.

If the public sees so many people being arrested and liquidated, and then with media publicity and government intervention, I believe they will be able to gain some advantage in public opinion.

This time, though, Rawdon didn't think it was a good idea.

Judging from subsequent developments, important figures such as Andy Mutu were dismissed and arrested. Although they were acquitted in 2017, it at least shows that at this moment, the Central Bureau of Investigation could not withstand the pressure from the opposition.

In the end, they could only arrest important figures such as Andy Mutu, instead of arresting some of the minor figures as they wanted now.

It is precisely because of this that Sharif and his team’s plan will fail.

What exactly happened here, Luo Dun was not quite clear.

I don’t know whether the Congress Party backed down or the opposition put too much pressure on it.

If the Congress Party had backed off, then Sharif’s arrest of Andy Muthu and others should have been with the tacit approval of the Congress Party, which would have been fine.

If the CBI arrested people simply because it was unable to withstand the opposition and the surging public opinion, then they would have offended the Congress Party.

After all, the Congress Party wants the CBI's investigation into Andy Muthu to be a formality, not to arrest him.
Then Sharif's career would be in big trouble.

Rotun remembered that Sharif failed to be re-elected as the director of the CBI and soon retired to the second line. Rotun didn't believe that Sharif had nothing to do with this matter.

After all, Sharif is normally capable of doing another job given his age.

In fact, Sharif is actually quite cooperative with the government. For example, in the last Ashok incident, he protected the interests of the Congress Party and saved Ashok.

Such a CBI director should be good, and the government should support his re-election.

But something went wrong. Sharif failed to be re-elected, and this is a big problem.

Rotun didn't think much about it. It was not his turn to say anything about these things. He could only take care of himself and try his best to find some benefits for himself in this incident and avoid as much trouble as possible. That would be considered a success.

This matter involves too many things, and Roton has a clear understanding of his own position, which is that he can participate, but not get too involved.

Of course, his current position in the CBI is still too low, which means he is not able to get involved too deeply.

It is not my turn to make decisions on matters like arresting Andy Mutu.

That is the responsibility of the General Administration, or even Sharif himself.

I am just cooperating with Vides to investigate some relevant personnel in Mabang.

During the investigation, I can reasonably use the power of the special investigation commissioner to target Harari.

Harari is the state interior minister of Maharashtra and holds an extraordinary status.

But in the Andy Mutu case, Harari is just one of many big names, not one of the top ones.

Therefore, Rotun had no fear of him at all.

Aren’t people like Harari just used as shields and scapegoats?

"Here's the list." Vides handed a sealed document to Rawdon. "It was decided at the Delhi meeting."

This is a top-secret document discussed at their meeting, which contains a preliminary list of people to be dealt with. These people are scapegoats to appease the public's anger.

Only in this way can we eliminate some key figures such as Andy Mutu.

(End of this chapter)