Senior IPS officer Praveen Sood took over as the new CBI director right this moment (May 25) and he can be within the put up for 2 years. On his final working day, the outgoing director, Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, handed Sood the cost of the company at its headquarters in New Delhi.Â
Sood is a 1986-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Karnataka cadre and was the state’s director common of police, officers stated. He is the senior-most IPS officer within the nation after Jaiswal.
Sood’s identify was cleared in a gathering of a high-powered committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Chowdhury, a Congress chief, had reportedly given a dissent be aware on the collection of Sood as the subsequent CBI director.Â
In an order, the Department of Personnel and Training had stated, “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.”
Born in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district in 1964, Sood joined the IPS on the age 22 years after finishing his civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi.
He additionally holds a put up commencement levels from the Indian Institute of Management -Bengaluru and the Maxwell School of Governance, Syracuse University, New York.
During his 37 years of service, Sood served in numerous capacities within the Karnataka Police, together with superintendent of police of Bellary and Raichur districts; further commissioner of police (visitors), Bengaluru City; commissioner of police, Mysuru City and Bengaluru City; further director common of police; principal secretary (dwelling); DGP (Internal Security) and DGP (CID), a CBI assertion stated.
The officer, recognized for his hands-on method, had supervised investigation of excessive profile instances involving excessive net-worth people and issues having inter-state and worldwide ramifications, it stated.
He additionally supervised probes in areas such as cyber crime and knowledge expertise, the assertion stated.
The tech savvy officer had labored for strengthening of the CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems) and the ICJS (Interoperable Criminal Justice System) in Karnataka together with the judiciary.
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