Among
the officers whose name may be discussed at the CBI chief selection meeting
figure the names of J K Sharma and Parminder Rai from the 1982 batch — the
senior most officers who, though, lack experience in the CBI. Reportedly, the panel of candidates may be finalised tomorrow; two days ahead of the scheduled meeting of the collegium . The
meeting, to be held on Thursday and attended by CJI Ranjan Gogoi or his nominee
and Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, will have a lot of
names to choose from. Rai, a
Haryana-cadre officer who is set to retire on January 31, 2019, is Director
General, State Vigilance Bureau. This is said to qualify him for the post. Rina
Mitra (IPS:1983:MP), presently Special Secretary Internal Security in MHA,
served in the CBI for five years and had a long tenure in Madhya Pradesh state
vigilance where she handled serious corruption cases. Mitra headed the Wildlife
Crime Control Bureau, an organization tasked to combat organized wildlife
crime. If chosen, she would become the first woman chief of the CBI. The
current chief of NICFS Javeed Ahmed (IPS:1984:UP) has served the CBI for 13
years — starting as an SP to DIG from 1994 to 2002 and as a joint director from
2009-14. He
could not be promoted to the post of Additional Director, CBI, as the then Home
Secretary Anil Goswami had not cleared the empanelment file of the entire
1984-batch IPS officers till his term came to an end. Ahmed was earlier posted
as Uttar Pradesh DGP and he led many initiatives like Twitter outreach
campaign, UP100 and special helpline for women. Closely
following him in terms of experience is Om Prakash Galhotra, former Rajasthan
DGP, who has served in the agency for 11 years—as an SP from 1996-2000 and as a
Joint Director from 2008-15. H C Awasthy (IPS:1985:UP) also served in the
agency for over eight years. NIA DG
Y C Modi (IPS:1984:AP) is said to be in the list of most preferred candidates. Director
General of CISF Rajesh Ranjan (IPS:1984:BH) has served in the agency for nearly
five years and also in Interpol. He was never inducted into the CBI after 2011
as there were “vigilance issues". BSF
Director General Rajni Kant Mishra, a 1984-batch officer of Uttar Pradesh
cadre, is also being considered a frontrunner. He is retiring in August 2019
and had served for nearly five years in the agency. Another
contender DG Indo-Tibetan Border Police S S Deshwal (IPS:1984:HY) has five
years’ experience of working in the CBI. RPF DG Arun Kumar (IPS:1985:UP) who
led the first CBI team that probed the Aarushi case, is also in the race. Delhi
Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik has also been shortlisted but he lacks
experience in the agency but his experience in the vigilance unit of the state
may compensate it. Other contenders from the 1985-batch include Rishi Raj Singh
and Loknath Behera from Kerala cadre who have around 6 and 10 years’ of
experience in the CBI, respectively.
Too many in race for CBI chief job
By IndianMandarins - 2019-01-21 11:00:14
Among
the officers whose name may be discussed at the CBI chief selection meeting
figure the names of J K Sharma and Parminder Rai from the 1982 batch — the
senior most officers who, though, lack experience in the CBI. Reportedly, the panel of candidates may be finalised tomorrow; two days ahead of the scheduled meeting of the collegium .
The meeting, to be held on Thursday and attended by CJI Ranjan Gogoi or his nominee and Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, will have a lot of names to choose from. Rai, a Haryana-cadre officer who is set to retire on January 31, 2019, is Director General, State Vigilance Bureau. This is said to qualify him for the post.
Rina Mitra (IPS:1983:MP), presently Special Secretary Internal Security in MHA, served in the CBI for five years and had a long tenure in Madhya Pradesh state vigilance where she handled serious corruption cases. Mitra headed the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, an organization tasked to combat organized wildlife crime. If chosen, she would become the first woman chief of the CBI.
The current chief of NICFS Javeed Ahmed (IPS:1984:UP) has served the CBI for 13 years — starting as an SP to DIG from 1994 to 2002 and as a joint director from 2009-14.
He could not be promoted to the post of Additional Director, CBI, as the then Home Secretary Anil Goswami had not cleared the empanelment file of the entire 1984-batch IPS officers till his term came to an end. Ahmed was earlier posted as Uttar Pradesh DGP and he led many initiatives like Twitter outreach campaign, UP100 and special helpline for women.
Closely following him in terms of experience is Om Prakash Galhotra, former Rajasthan DGP, who has served in the agency for 11 years—as an SP from 1996-2000 and as a Joint Director from 2008-15. H C Awasthy (IPS:1985:UP) also served in the agency for over eight years.
NIA DG Y C Modi (IPS:1984:AP) is said to be in the list of most preferred candidates. Director General of CISF Rajesh Ranjan (IPS:1984:BH) has served in the agency for nearly five years and also in Interpol. He was never inducted into the CBI after 2011 as there were “vigilance issues". BSF Director General Rajni Kant Mishra, a 1984-batch officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, is also being considered a frontrunner. He is retiring in August 2019 and had served for nearly five years in the agency.
Another contender DG Indo-Tibetan Border Police S S Deshwal (IPS:1984:HY) has five years’ experience of working in the CBI. RPF DG Arun Kumar (IPS:1985:UP) who led the first CBI team that probed the Aarushi case, is also in the race. Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik has also been shortlisted but he lacks experience in the agency but his experience in the vigilance unit of the state may compensate it. Other contenders from the 1985-batch include Rishi Raj Singh and Loknath Behera from Kerala cadre who have around 6 and 10 years’ of experience in the CBI, respectively.
