Maharashtra cadre IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal takes charge as CBI director

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 25

IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal on Wednesday took charge as director of the CBI, officials said.

Jaiswal is a 1985-batch officer of the Maharashtra cadre. He was till now serving as the chief of the CISF. He has also served as Maharashtra’s director general of police in the past. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was working without a regular chief for over three months after Rishi Kumar Shukla completed his two-year tenure on February 3.

Earlier, during the meeting of the high-powered selection committee comprising of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, had shortlisted three names, including SSB DG Kumar Rajesh Chandra (1985-Bihar cadre IPS) and Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the MHA VSK Kaumudi (1986- Andhra Pradesh cadre) besides Jaiswal, who is currently holding the office of DG CISF.

Jaiswal, who has also worked as Director General of Maharashtra Police, has been given preference over the other two contenders because of his seniority, sources in the government said. with inputs from PTI