Chief Justice At PM's House As Committee Meets To Pick Next CBI Director

The committee is considering Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from four senior-most batches (1984-87) to be the next CBI chief.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana reached Prime Minister Narendra Modi's house for a meeting of the committee headed by the PM, comprising him and Leader of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, to select the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The committee is considering Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from four senior-most batches (1984-87) to be the next CBI chief. The meeting of the top panel is finally taking place after being delayed for over four months. Some of the frontrunners for the post are: YC Modi, a 1984-batch IPS officer from the Assam-Meghalaya cadre and Director General of the National Investigation Agency; Rakesh Asthana, Gujarat cadre Director General of the Border Security Force, and SS Deswal, Haryana cadre Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.