Karnal Singh appointed ED Director

New Delhi, October 27

The Centre on Wednesday appointed 1984-batch IPS officer Karnal Singh as full-time Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The officer was holding the additional charge of the Director’s post in the agencies for past many months.

A government order said the Appointments Committee of Cabinet had approved the appointment of Singh as Director, ED, till August 31, 2017, i.e. the date of his superannuation.

Currently, a Special Director in the agency, which probes money laundering cases, Singh got third extension in August to hold the additional charge of the post of ED chief for six months. The post had fallen vacant after the government had in August last year curtailed the tenure of Rajan S Katoch, the previous Director of ED. — TNS