The Goa police had filed the chargesheet in the case and we have interrogated everybody related to the case, including the 87 witnesses. Now we are waiting for Scarlett’s mother Fiona Mackeown to come to India. We are yet to get any positive response from her. We have also written to the UK Government for its assistance in her appearance.

•Recently, there have been some transfers in the CBI top brass; some senior officers have also proceeded on leave. For instance, why were the officers taken off the brief when the Arushi case was at a crucial stage?

Transfers and postings are routine. I am here as part of one such move. I don’t think any transfer has anything to do with the investigations of any case.

•There were reports that the CBI may investigate major terror cases. Is that on the cards?

After the Ahmedabad blasts, there was a meeting of directors general of states with the Chief Secretary and Home Secretary who said that cases having international ramifications should be given to the CBI, such as cases related to SIMI and other such terrorist outfits, for instance.

•Is there a possibility of the Ahmedabad blasts, Jaipur blasts, and the Samjhauta blasts being transferred to the CBI?

The state police are investigating the cases and are doing it very well. Unless they ask us to do so, we cannot involve ourselves in the cases. But we have investigated terrorism-related cases in the past like Bombay blasts, Mecca Masjid blasts at Hyderabad, plane hijack case and Malegaon blasts.