Former Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police Rishi Kumar Shukla (IPS:1983:MP) has been appointed the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation for a period of two years, said a government notification.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has, based on the panel recommended by the Selection Committee comprising PM Modi, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge, approved the appointment of Shukla.
The Selection Committee on CBI Director headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Friday sent a panel of names to the ACC. On this basis, sources said the goverment chose Shukla who will now Succeed Alok Verma, who was sacked by the goverment on January 10.
He is at present the chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Police Housing Corporation.
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