The Senior IPS officer Yogesh Gupta (IPS:1993:KL) is assuming the charge as Enforcement Directorate’s Special Director (Adjudication) in New Delhi, from his previous posting as Special Director, ED in Kolkata. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet( ACC) made an announcement of this effect recently.
The ACC has assigned the additional charge of Special Director of Kolkata to Vivek Wadekar (IRS-IT:1991), who is Gupta’s successor in the Enforcement Directorate. He was appointed as Special Director in ED for five years in March 2018.
Top government sources claim that Yogesh Gupta is likely to work closely with the intelligence division of the enforcement directorate. Prior to joining ED, Gupta was posted as Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the armed police battalion and CMD of Kerala Financial Corporation.
