A high-powered selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appointed former Mumbai Police chief Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as the new CBI Director.
Subodh Jaiswal is the new CBI director. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/UHStviOfuC
— Deeptiman Tiwary (@DeeptimanTY) May 25, 2021
A 1985-batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre, Jaiswal is the senior-most among the shortlisted officers for the post of CBI director. The chief of CISF at present, Jaiswal was earlier the Mumbai Police commissioner and the Maharashtra DGP before coming on central deputation earlier this year. He has had long stints in the Intelligence Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing, though he has no experience of serving in the CBI.
While posted in Maharashtra, Jaiswal had investigated the infamous Telgi scam, which was later taken over by CBI. At that time, Jaiswal was heading the State Reserve Police Force. He later joined the Maharashtra ATS, and went on to serve the Research and Analysis Wing for almost decade.
He returned to the state under the Devendra Fadnavis government and was appointed Mumbai CP in June 2018. He later became Maharashtra DGP.
It was also under Jaiswal’s supervision that the Elgaar Parishad and Bhima Koregaon violence cases were investigated before being transferred to CBI.
