Woman CBI officer to get medal for Muzaffarpur home probe

PATNA: CBI inspector Vibha Kumari, the investigating officer in the Muzaffarpur children’s home rape case, has been selected for the Union home minister’s medal for ‘excellence in investigation’ for 2020.
Vibha, who entered the service in 2003, is currently posted with the anti-corruption branch of the CBI in Patna. She is one of 15 CBI officers selected for the award this year. The officer hails from Bihar.
Another officer from Bihar, CBI inspector Rakesh Ranjan, who is currently posted in Bengaluru with the anti-corruption branch, is also among the 15 officers selected for the medal.
In the Muzaffarpur case, 19 people, including prime accused Brajesh Thakur, have been convicted by a special court in Delhi. Thakur was awarded life imprisonment in February this year.
Sources said Vibha along with other CBI officers in Patna worked extensively to get statements of all minor victims recorded meticulously with the help of psychologists, who were roped in from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in Bangalore and AIIMS-Patna.
According to ADG (headquarters) Jitendra Kumar, Kishanganj SP Kumar Ashish, inspectors Vinod Kumar Pandey and Sanjeev Kumar and sub-inspector Vivek Bharti are also among officers from the state police who have been selected for the Union home minister’s medal for excellence in investigation.
Ashish is a 2012 Bihar cadre IPS officer hailing from Jamui. Both inspectors are posted with the vigilance investigation bureau while the SI is posted with Begusarai district police. The ADG said all these officers would be awarded with medal on Independence Day.