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Former Central Bureau of Investigation Superintendent of Police K. Ragothaman (76) died in Chennai on Tuesday night. He was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai after testing positive for COVID-19, police sources said.
He was part of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that probed the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Mr. Ragothaman, who wrote a few books on the high-profile assassination case and crime investigations, retired as CBI’s Special Unit SP in the mid 2000s. His latest book titled ‘Rarest of rare case - Murder of an advocate’ was published recently, police sources added.
Former Central Bureau of Investigation Superintendent of Police K Ragothaman died in Chennai on Tuesday. He was 76.
He tested positive for COVID-19 a few days back and was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai where he breathed his last. He is survived by four children while his wife died some years ago.
Ragothaman was part of the Special Investigation Team that probed the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
He also authored several books on the high-profile assassination case and crime investigations.
Former CBI director Ranjit Sinha dies after testing Covid positive
Former CBI director Ranjit Sinha dies after testing Covid positive
Former CBI director Ranjit Sinha passed away on Friday morning in Delhi. He was 68.
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Former CBI director Ranjit Sinha
Former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Ranjit Sinha passed away on Friday morning in Delhi. He was 68.
He had tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday night, PTI reported.
Sinha, an 1974-batch IPS officer of the Bihar cadre, was the CBI director between 2012 and 2014.
He had also headed the Railway Protection Force and served at senior positions in the Central Bureau of Investigation in Patna and Delhi before his appointment as CBI chief.
Former CBI director Ranjit Sinha dies at 68
Sinha reportedly tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday night. Former CBI director Ranjit Sinha.
Former Central Bureau of Investigation director Ranjit Sinha died on Friday in New Delhi, PTI reported. He was 68.
Unidentified officials told PTI that he had tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday night.
More details are awaited.
Ranjit Sinha, 1974 batch retired IPS officer, who held various senior posts including that of CBI director and DG ITBP, passed away today around 4:30 am in Delhi.
Sinha was a retired officer of the 1974 batch of the Indian Police Service. He had headed the Indo-Tibetan Border Police force and the Railway Protection Force before his appointment as the Central Bureau of Investigation chief in 2012.
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Ranjit Sinha: Wading through controversies, ex-CBI chief had an illustrious career
Ranjit Sinha lost his battle against Covid-19 on Friday morning in Delhi. Born in undivided Bihar, Ranjit Sinha joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1974.
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Former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Ranjit Sinha (File)
Former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director
He was 68. Born in undivided Bihar, Ranjit Sinha joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1974, a year before Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in the country, and finished his police career as the head of the CBI in 2014, the year Narendra Modi became the prime minister.