Who is Subodh Kumar Jaiswal? All you need to know about the new CBI Director
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Senior IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal was on Tuesday appointed as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief for a period of two years. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has, based on the panel recommended by the Committee constituted as per Section 4A(1) of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, approved the appointment of Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, IPS(Mh-1985) as Director-Central Bureau of Investigation for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office, a government notification said.
Currently, the government has shortlisted three names of whom Subodh Jaiswal, a 1985 batch IPS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, is said to be the frontrunner.
Encounter specialist Daya Nayak challenges transfer; order stayed
Mirror Online / Updated: May 12, 2021, 22:20 IST
Daya Nayak informed that the
Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) has stayed his transfer which was announced a few days ago.
Nayak, who has around 80 encounters to his credit, headed the Juhu unit of the
Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (
ATS) in
Maharashtra and posted with the District Caste Certificate Verification Committee there.
Nayak had moved the MAT challenging his transfer order, post which it was stayed.
However, no official statement has been released by the state authorities yet.
It is to be noted that Nayak was a part of the ATS team which probed the sensational case of the explosives-laden SUV found outside
Mumbai: Encounter specialist Daya Nayak gets relief from MAT against his transfer order
Maharashtra: Encounter specialist Daya Nayak transferred from Mumbai to Gondia
Encounter Specialist Daya Nayak has got relief from Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (MAT) and his transfer to Gondia district has been stayed by the MAT. Few days back he along with other six police officers were transferred to places outside Mumbai.
Earlier this month, officers Nayak, Nandkumar Gopale, Sudhir Dalvi, Kedari Pawar and Sachin Kadam from Mumbai Police and Nitin Thakre and Rajkumar Kothmire from Thane police were transferred to different parts of the state after an order was issued by additional director general of police, establishment, Kulwant Singh Sarangal. These officers were transferred citing administrative reasons.