(*19*) CBI director Ranjit Sinha died right here on Friday morning in what’s believed to be a COVID-19 associated demise, senior officers stated.
He was 68.
Sinha was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1974 batch of the Bihar cadre. He had served because the director of the CBI from December 2012 to December 2014.
Senior officers advised PTI that Sinha died in what’s believed to be a COVID-19 associated demise. “It is understood that he was confirmed positive for coronavirus on Thursday night,” the officers stated.
Sinha, a 1974-batch officer of the Bihar cadre, had headed Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) power, the Railway Protection Force, and served at senior positions within the Central Bureau of Investigation in Patna and Delhi earlier than his appointment as CBI chief in 2012.
India on Friday reported 2,17,353 new Covid-19 instances and 1,185 deaths within the final 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated. A complete of 1,18,302 individuals have been discharged. The whole variety of instances recorded in India stand at 1,42,91,917, whole recoveries are at 1,25,47,866, lively instances at 15,69,743 and demise toll is at 1,74,308. A complete of 11,72,23,509 individuals have been vaccinated up to now.
