Thakur inaugurated the new Regional Office headquarters of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of police, at Pineapple Colony, near Arilova, here on Friday. The building accommodates wings like economic offences, protection of civil rights and a few others. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Thakur said that the office will deal with the cases reported in Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts in North Andhra Pradesh. At present, the regional office is dealing 207 cases, in which 77 cases are under trial and there are over 1.9 lakh victims in the cases related to Economic Offences Wing of the CID. He said that the CID is investigating some major cases, including Ratnachal Express train arson case, and a few others.

Source: The Hindu May 10, 2019 19:31 UTC