New Delhi: Former Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood took charge as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday (May 25). Sood is a 1986 batch IPS Officer, who was appointed the CBI Director on Sunday (May 14), for a period of two years. Sood replaced CBI Director Subodh Jaiswal as his tenure ended on May 25.
Praveen Sood’s name was finalised for the post of CBI Director, in a meeting attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Leader of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
