New CBI Director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has directed all officials of the agency to be dressed in formals on duty, warning them that casual dressing will not be allowed.
The new CBI chief’s first challenge
The new CBI chief’s first challenge
As Maharashtra DGP, Subodh Jaiswal had locked horns with chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. How will that play out as his agency investigates former home minister Anil Deshmukh?
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File photo of newly appointed CBI director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal; (PTI)
The first test of new CBI chief Subodh Jaiswal will be the investigation into the charges against his former boss, Anil Deshmukh. The former Maharashtra home minister has been accused of giving Mumbai police officers, including sacked assistant police inspector Sachin Vaze, a target of collecting Rs 100 crore per month from bars and restaurants in Mumbai.
The new CBI chief, Subodh Jaiswal, took charge on Wednesday. He was received by senior officials, who briefed him. Jaiswal is a 1985- batch Maharashtra cadre IPS officer.
Chief Justive NV Ramana said the selection panel for CBI Director must comply with the law: sources
New Delhi:
At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last evening to select the new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Chief Justice of India NV Ramana emphasised a rule that eliminated from the race at least two government choices, sources say.
After a 90-minute meeting, the high-powered selection panel of PM Modi, the Chief Justice and opposition leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury zeroed in on three names - former Maharashtra Director General Of Police Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) KR Chandra and Home Ministry Special Secretary VSK Kaumudi. Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, the senior most, is reportedly the frontrunner.
Both Rakesh Asthana & YC Modi were the Centre’s top choices for the post of CBI chief, but the CJI’s emphasis on following the ‘six-month rule’ eliminated them from the race.