"We had approached the government in order to speed up trial, some more special courts should be set up in Chennai. The Centre has agreed to our request and three to four special courts have been set up," Mr Raghavansaid. He, however, said it did not preclude the court from trying other cases of CBI's anti-corruption branch. "But it hargesheets in as many as 25 cases, he said, adding all cases were being speeded up.

Mr Raghavan said 14 of the total 34 cases were against the chairman of will mainly handle Indian bank scam cases." Out of 34 cases registered in the Indian Bank scam, CBI has filed cthe MVR group of companies, MV Raju. The CBI had alleged that Gopalakrishnan and other accused officials had entered into a criminal conspiracy during 1994-95. Investigations revealed that they cheated the bank overlooking all norms and by presenting forged and fabricated documents. The agency said investigations revealed that the conspiracy was done by overlooking all norms and procedures of banking and by presenting the forged and fabricated documents.