25 May,2021 10:36 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
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Senior IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal was on Tuesday appointed as the new CBI chief for two years, according to a personnel ministry order.
A 1985-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Maharashtra cadre, Jaiswal is currently the director general of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
A Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led three-member selection committee had on Monday shortlisted his name for the post.
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Jaiswal has been appointed as the director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of two years, the ministry order said.
He has also served as Maharashtra's director general of police in the past.
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