Vineet Vinayak, the CBI officer probing the Aircel-Maxis case allegedly involving former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram has been given a two-year extension by the central government. According to Personnel Ministry order, Vinayak, a 1995-batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre, will have extended tenure till September 9, 2020. He is looking into the Aircel-Maxis case and also the in-charge of probe in the case of data breach by the UK-based firm Cambridge Analytica (CA).
Vinayak is the joint director in Economic Offences wing of the federal probe agency.
Besides him, another officer Bhanu Bhaskar’s deputation has also been extended till August 5, 2020. He is posted in the national capital and in-charge of Patna zone in the agency.
Mr Bhaskar’s team is investigating the much talked about case of alleged mental, physical and sexual exploitation of minor girls at a Bihar government-funded shelter home in Muzaffarpur.
He is a 1996-batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
