New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, visited the Prime Minister’s Office at South Block on Saturday for a crucial meeting concerning the appointment of the next Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The meeting was part of the high-level selection process to name a successor to current CBI chief Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, whose fixed two-year term is set to end on May 25.
The three-member selection committee includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, and the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha—currently Rahul Gandhi.
The panel is expected to deliberate on a shortlist of senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers before finalizing the new CBI director, a role critical to overseeing the country’s premier investigative agency.
Meanwhile, former Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) Praveen Sood is the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Sood has served in various important positions during his long tenure of about 37 years in the IPS.
He has worked as an advisor to the Government of Mauritius. He has supervised the investigation of high-profile cases involving high net-worth individuals and cases having inter-state and international ramifications and also the investigation and detection of crime including Cyber Crime, Information Technology etc.
Further details about the outcome of the meeting or shortlisted candidates were not immediately disclosed.