Anil Kumar Sinha appointed CBI Director

mangaloretoday.com/ IT

New Delhi, Dec 3: Senior IPS officer Anil Kumar Sinha was on Tuesday night appointed the new CBI Director to succeed Ranjit Sinha who retired in a glare of controversy with the Supreme Court directing him to recuse from 2G spectrum scam case probe.

 

Sinha, a 1979 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadrde, was the Special Director in CBI.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared the name of Anil Kumar Sinha who was among the candidates shortlisted by the search committee earier this evening.

The term of Sinha will be for two years from the date he takes charge, an official notification said.

Earlier in the day, Modi held discussions with the Chief Justice of India and leader of the main Opposition in Lok Sabha on selecting a new CBI head.

The panel discussed the names of about 40 officers shortlisted by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), sources said.

Just weeks before his retirement, former chief Ranjit Sinha was removed from the 2G probe by the Supreme Court after he was accused of meeting people connected with the 2G and Coalgate scams.