New CBI Director Anil Kumar Sinha to take charge today

New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Anil Kumar Sinha, who was on Tuesday night appointed as the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), will take charge on Wednesday.Anil Kumar Sinha succeeds Ranjit Sinha who retired yesterday in a glare of controversy with the Supreme Court directing him to recuse from the 2G spectrum scam case probe.Sinha, a 1979 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, was the Special Director in CBI.Sinha has been appointed for a term of two years.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared the name of Anil Kumar Sinha who was among the candidates shortlisted by the search committee last evening. During the day yesterday, Modi held discussions with the Chief Justice of India and leader of the main Opposition in Lok Sabha on selecting a new CBI head. Ranjit Sinha retired yesterday after a tumultuous tenure of two years at the helm of affairs in CBI that ended on a controversial note.

Source: Zee news