The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) is an Indian intelligence agency.
Even today, the organisation runs on skeleton staff even when compared to other intelligence agencies such as IB or state Police organisations.It comproses of officers of the Indian Revenue Service.However, its track record with reference to the results made in terms of value and sensitivity outshines any other law enforcing agency. Though its early days were committed to combating smuggling in of gold, it has now tuned itself to the changing nature of crimes in the field of narcotics and economic crimes.
In fiction
The role played by Danny Denzongpa in the movie 16 December is that of the Director of Revenue Intelligence Chief