The Modi government late on Tuesday night appointed Maharashtra cadre IPS officer of 1985 batch, Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, currently Director-General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), as CBI Director for two years.

The post had been lying vacant for three months after former CBI director Rishi Kumar Shukla completed his two-year term on February 3. Mr. Jaiswal is widely experienced, having served as Maharashtra Director-General of Police before he was made the CISF chief, and also served in the CBI earlier.

The appointment comes amid much controversy after senior Congress MP and leader of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury had alleged that the Centre was adopting a “casual and superficial approach” in selecting the new CBI director.

“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 Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, IPS (Mh-1985) as Director, Central Bureau of Investigation for a period of two years from the date of assumption of charge of the office,” a government notification said.

The selection committee, which is empowered to appoint the CBI director comprises the leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India NV Ramana.

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