The Centre on Wednesday appointed Praveen Sinha, a 1988-batch Gujarat cadre Indian Police Service officer, the interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, The Hindu reported, citing an official order.
Sinha, who is currently an additional director at the investigating agency, will take charge of the CBI temporarily as the government failed to appoint a new director by the end of the incumbent chief RK Shukla’s tenure, according to The Indian Express.
An order issued on Wednesday by the Department of Personnel and Training mentioned that Sinha “shall with immediate effect look after the duties of Director CBI” in place of Shukla “till the appointment of new director CBI, or until further orders, whichever is earlier”, the Deccan Herald reported.
The decision was taken as the high powered panel comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, have not been able to…