PM Modi-led panel meets to determine subsequent CBI chief

A high-powered committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on Monday to pick out the brand new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Besides Modi, the opposite two members of the panel — Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Chief Justice of India N V Ramana — had been additionally current within the assembly held on the Prime Minister’s residence.
The assembly lasted for greater than 90 minutes.
Serving Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of the senior-most batches — 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987 — are being thought-about for the highest submit within the CBI.
At current, the CBI’s further director, Praveen Sinha, a 1988-batch IPS officer, is holding the cost of director.

Sinha was given the extra cost after the retirement of Rishi Kumar Shukla in February after a two-year tenure.