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Investigation and prosecution must be done independently, as in
the US and UK  ET Bureau May 5, 2012, 04.20AM IST  By Satya N
Mohanty  CBI is expected to be in the frontline of war against
corruption, particularly for deterrence of the same. But the
institution requires overhauling, the law requires amendments
and the approach requires refashioning to reverse the prevalent
perception as well as experience.  A general perception of
selectivity, politically-pushed agenda, below-par investigation
that results in large-scale dismissal of cases and the pyrrhic
effectiveness where result is manifested in prosecution and
arrest rather than truly bringing the culprits to book is the
nub of the matter. With enormous expectation from them,
institutions like the CBI must be strengthened, made independent
of politics, but systemic flaws ingrained in them should be
corrected too.  Arrest, imprisonment and prosecution could be
like 'vigilante justice' ahead of