Through Notification Appointing New Director, Centre Ensures CBI Remains a Caged Parrot
Flying in the face of a Supreme Court directive, the Centre has reserved the right to remove Subodh Kumar Jaiswal before his term ends.
Subodh Kumar Jaiswal. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: The devil, as the well-known adage goes, is always in fine print. So it was in the notification released by the secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) on May 25 appointing Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as director of the CBI. The notification said the ACC, based on the panel recommended by the committee, had:
CISF chief Subodh Jaiswal appointed CBI director with tenure of two years
Subodh Jaiswal has been appointed the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CISF chief was on a short list along with DG Sashastra Seema Bal, Kumar Rajesh Chandra, and MHA Special Secretary VS Kamudi for the top job.
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UPDATED: May 26, 2021 03:24 IST
File photo of IPS officer Subodh Jaiswal, new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
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Subodh Jaiswal was appointed chief of the CISF in January 2021
A 1985 batch IPS officer, Jaiswal led the team that probed the Rs 2,000 crore Telgi scam
Outgoing Maharashtra DGP Subodh K Jaiswal takes over as new CISF chief
Sashastra Seema Bal DG Kumar Rajesh Chandra was handling the additional charge of the CISF after incumbent Rajesh Ranjan retired on November 30 last year.
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NEW DELHI: Former Maharashtra DGP Subodh Kumar Jaiswal on Friday took over as the new chief of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) that is primarily tasked to guard major Indian civil airports and vital infrastructure in the aerospace and nuclear domain.
The 1985-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer was accorded a ceremonial guard of honour before he took charge as the 28th chief of the force at the CISF headquarters at Lodhi Road in central Delhi. 58-year-old Jaiswal, who was heading the Maharashtra Police since February 28, 2019, was appointed as the director general (DG) of the about 1.62 lakh personnel strong CISF by the central government last month.