Sanjay Mishra, The Man Who Investigated Many VIPs
NDTV
SK Mishra, 63, was first appointed as the director of the Enforcement Directorate for a stipulated period of two years in 2018.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared as illegal the third extension given to Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra, which was widely challenged, and said he cannot continue beyond July 31. The move has brought into focus the life and work of an officer who became central to what the Narendra Modi government called its crackdown on corruption.
A 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer from Uttar Pradesh, SK Mishra, 63, was first appointed as the director of the Enforcement Directorate for a stipulated period of two years in 2018, but he was given three extensions by the government. In fact, the government last year brought an ordinance that said the term of directors of probe agencies like the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI could be extended by up to three years after the mandated term of two years.
Mr Mishra, during his tenure of five years till now, tightened scrutiny on many former ministers and powerful leaders, with the probe agency registering 4,000 cases, and conducting 3,000 searches.
