The Central government notified the appointment of former Madhya Pradesh Police Chief Rishi Kumar Shukla as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday, NDTV reported.
Shukla’s choice was made from shortlisted 30 contenders by a high-powered committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge, the report added.
Another report in the Indian Express quoted the government notification about the appointment, issued a little while ago, thus, “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has, based on the panel recommended by the Committee constituted as per Section 4A(1) of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, approved the appointment of Shri Rishi Kumar Shukla, IPS (MP: 1983) as Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) vice Shri Alok Kumar Verma, IPS (AGMU: 1979), for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office.”