Meet the new Director of CBI - Rishi Kumar Shukla

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1983-batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, Rishi Kumar Shukla has been appointed as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He has replaced Alok Kumar Verma. The appointment came almost a day after his name was short-listed during the second meeting of the PM Narendra Modi-led selection committee.

He will be in this post for 2 years. He is currently working as the chairman of Madhya Pradesh Police Housing Corporation in Bhopal. He was recently transferred from the post of Director General of Madhya Pradesh Police to the police housing corporation. The officer has also worked in the Intelligence Bureau. He is also known for his work against terrorism.

He would take over the charge of the agency from interim chief M Nageswara Rao, who was appointed after CBI director Alok Verma was shunted out. The CBI chief’s post has been lying vacant since January 10 after the unceremonious exit of Alok Verma, who had been engaged in a bitter fight with Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana over corruption charges.

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