Rishi Kumar Shukla appointed as CBI chief
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS): Former Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police Rishi Kumar Shukla has been appointed as the new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation, reports said.
Shukla is a 1983-batch officer.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of the new CBI chief, reports said.
He will be in charge of the office for two years.
The post has been empty since Jan 10 when Alok Verma was removed from it by the selection panel.
Alok Verma Episode:
On Jan 11, Alok Verma resigned three weeks before retirement, refusing to take charge as chief of fire services after being removed from the post of CBI director.
Verma's resignation came after a high-powered panel transferred him to the Fire Services as Director General, after deciding that as CBI chief, he had "not acted with the integrity expected of him". His transfer came only two days after the Supreme Court reinstated him as CBI chief.
In October, he had been sent on forced leave by the government in a midnight move in which officers of his team were transferred and an interim director took over. Verma had challenged the decision in the Supreme Court.
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