Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood appointed next CBI director

The Karnataka Congress chief D Shivakumar had sought the arrest of the state's Director general of police claiming that he was filing cases against Congress leaders in March.

Hyderabad: Karnataka Director General of Police Praveen Sood has been appointed as the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, a government order said on Sunday. Sood is a 1986-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Karnataka cadre, officials said.

He has been appointed to the CBI director's post for a period of two years from the date of taking charge after Subodh Kumar Jaiswal completes his tenure on May 25, they said.

In the order, the Department of Personnel and Training said, "Approval of the competent authority is hereby conveyed to the appointment of Praveen Sood, IPS (KN:86) as Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office vice Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, IPS (MH:85) consequent upon completion of his tenure."

News agency PTI quoted Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who had said, “The committee met and has sent three names to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet which will select one of them for the post."

Sources said that the names of senior IPS officers from Karnataka, Delhi and other states were discussed during the meeting. CBI Director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal’s fixed tenure of two years is coming to an end on May 25.

Former Mumbai Police Commission Jaiswal, a 1985-batch IPS officer from Maharashtra cadre took over the reins of the CBI on May 26, 2021. The CBI Director is selected by a committee comprising the Prime Minister, CJI and the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha for a fixed tenure of two years. The tenure can be extended up to five years.