Senior IPS officer Praveen Sood (IPS:1986:KN) took over as the new CBI director on Thursday and he will be in the post for two years. The outgoing director, Subodh Kumar Jaiswal (IPS:1985:MH), handed over the agency charge to Sood on his last working day as he completed his two-year tenure today.
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Prior to this assignment, he was DGP of Karnataka and served the state in various capacities, such as Superintendent of Police (SP) Bellary and Raichur, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Bengaluru City, Commissioner of Police, Mysuru City, and Bengaluru City; Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Principal Secretary (Home); Director General of Police (Internal Security) and Director General of Police (CID).
Sood’s name was cleared in a meeting of a high-powered committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on May 14. Chowdhury had reportedly given a dissent note on the selection of Sood as the next CBI director.
