Rishi Kumar Shukla set to take over leadership of CBI after controversy

Devdiscourse News Desk| New Delhi | India

Updated: 02-02-2019 18:54 IST | Created: 02-02-2019 17:36 IST

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The government on Saturday appointed Rishi Kumar Shukla, a 1983-batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, as the new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation.

His appointment came after the high-level selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met twice in the last nine days to select the name from a list of over 70 candidates for the investigating agency's top job.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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