Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood is next CBI director
Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood, a 1986-batch IPS officer from the state cadre, has been appointed as the next CBI director for a period of two year.
Karnataka director general of police (DGP) Praveen Sood was on Sunday appointed as the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of two years. He will take charge after Subodh Kumar Jaiswal completes his tenure on May 25.
In the order, the Department of Personnel and Training said, “Approval of the competent authority is hereby conveyed to the appointment of Praveen Sood, IPS (KN:86) as Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office vice Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, IPS (MH:85) consequent upon completion of his tenure.”
The 1986-batch IPS officer was among the frontrunner for the top post of the central probe agency.
The announcement came a day after a high-powered panel comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met to decide the name of the next CBI chief.
