This Article is From Oct 21, 2015

Top Cop BS Bassi Counters AAP's Claims of Delhi Police Being 'Most Corrupt'

Top Cop BS Bassi Counters AAP's Claims of Delhi Police Being 'Most Corrupt'

Delhi Police Commissioner, BS Bassi has claimed that the findings of the CMS Survey has doubled his force's enthusiasm.

New Delhi: Countering chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's charge that Delhi Police was the "most corrupt", top cop BS Bassi today said that the survey cited by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader while making such remarks was actually "flattering" for the force and offered to help him understand its findings.

Mr Bassi, who claims to have gone through the 34-page survey, which was done by Centre for Media Studies (CMS), says that its findings had "doubled" his force's enthusiasm.

"The survey reveals that, in 2012, 80 per cent of the people in Delhi said they have experienced corruption in dealing with police officials; that rate has dropped to 34 per cent in 2015... Similarly, the perception that police officials are corrupt has dropped from 56 per cent in 2012 to 49 per cent in 2015," Mr Bassi said.

Taking a dig at the chief minister, he said, "After reading the survey thoroughly, I can go for a one-on-one debate with anybody regarding its results. If the honourable CM allows, I can help him understand those findings."

Mr Bassi said that sanitation and police services were the only areas in Delhi which have witnessed a drop both in terms of experienced and perceived corruption.

Citing the CMS survey, Mr Kejriwal had yesterday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "stop being stubborn" and hand over Delhi Police and the Anti-Corruption Branch to AAP government.

"Shocking findings CMS survey 2day-Del police (under Modiji n his LG) most corrupt- scathing attack on Modiji's capbilities n intentions (sic)... Modi ji stop being stubborn, work with us. Hand over ACB and police to Delhi Government. We will deliver in a year," the chief minister said in a series of tweets.
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