Nehru used the IB to get secret enquiries done in matters of corruption. B.N. Mullik, the then director of the IB, has written about how Nehru persuaded him to make enquiries into corruption charges against a central minister. (Mullik 1972; pp.19–20) Another more noteworthy case, discussed earlier, was when Nehru asked the IB to make inquiries into allegations of corruption against the former finance minister, T.T. Krishnamachari, in the notorious Mundhra Deal, even after the Chagla Commission had reported in the matter. Nehru wanted the IB to make a fresh inquiry with a view to rehabilitate
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