Policing, Spying, Security: New CBI Chief Subodh Jaiswal Has Done It All

Subodh K Jaiswal, till now the CISF Director General, will have a tenure of two years at the CBI.

On January 8 this year, when he took charge of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Subodh Kumar Jaiswal planned to expand the paramilitary force's areas of expertise and competencies. He also looked forward to rev-up its morale battered by the losses faced during the Covid pandemic. "It shall be my endeavour to build upon the core competencies of the members of the force by ensuring constant upgradation of professional skills of its individuals and the unit's as a whole," he had said. Mr Jaiswal, however, didn't get enough time to get all that done. The CISF Director General was today chosen to head India's premier crime probe agency, the Central Bureau of Investigative (CBI), for a two-year period. The government's notification followed a series of meetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India MV Ramana, and opposition leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.