The government has appointed Karnataka director general of police (DGP) Praveen Sood as the next chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Following the resignation of outgoing CBI director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal on May 25, Sood was appointed to the position for a two-year term beginning on the date of his taking over.
A high-powered panel comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met to decide on Jaiswal’s successor.
Sood, an Indian Institute of Technology graduate, joined the Indian Police Service in 1986 and held the position of assistant superintendent of police in Mysore from 1989 to 1990. Before taking the position of deputy commissioner of police, law and order, in Bengaluru city, he also served as superintendent of police in Bellary and Raichur.