Ranjit Sinha
Ranjit Sinha IPS | |
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| Born | 1952 |
| Occupation | Indian Police Service Officer |
Ranjit Sinha is an IPS officer of the 1974 batch and the current Director General of Police of the Central Bureau of Investigation.He was the Director General of Police of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) before joining as the CBI Director. He was appointed as next director of Central Bureau of Investigation on 22 November 2012 for two years.He also headed the Railway Protection Force and served at senior positions in the CBI in Patna and Delhi.
He has also served in CRPF as IG (Operations) in Srinagar and IG (Personnel) in Delhi.Sinha had earlier held important positions in CBI including the post of Joint Director and DIG. He has been associated with the investigations of a number of sensitive and important cases of national and international ramification.He was selected based on the procedure laid down by CVC Act 2003 and has a tenure of 2 years.He was selected by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
Ranjit has to co-ordinate between different anti corruption bureaus, Income Tax Department and the CVC in fighting corruption with the main responsibility of administering the CBI.When his appointment was announced, the Bharatiya Janata Party had questioned the manner in which the 1974 batch IPS officer was appointed to head the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the Congress-led government.
Coalgate Draft Report Controversy
In April 2013, on the behest of the Honorable Supreme Court of India, The CBI director, Ranjit Sinha, submitted an affidavit stating that the draft investigative report on the Indian coal allocation scam was vetted by Ashwani Kumar before it was submitted to the court.[1] There was widespread outrage on this issue as it undermined the autonomy of the CBI. Observing this the Supreme Court scathingly criticized the UPA government, for its meddling with the report, and the CBI, for behaving like a 'caged parrot' that speaks in its master's voice.[2] CBI Director, Ranjit Sinha has confirmed the comments of the Supreme Court as being correct.[3]
References
- ^ "Coal-Gate: Affidavit filed in the Supreme Court by CBI Director". The Indian Express. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 26 (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shared-coal-status-report-with-law-minister-cbi-chief-tells-sc/1108326/%7Caccessdate=26) April 2013.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); External link in|accessdate= - ^ "CBI has become a caged parrot with many masters. What a sordid story, says Supreme Court : India, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ^ PTI (2013-05-05). "Whatever SC says is correct: CBI chief". The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ^ "Central Bureau of Investigation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ "Ranjit Sinha takes over as CBI director - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ "ITBP DG Ranjit Sinha to be new CBI chief - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ "Central Bureau Of Investigation". Cbi.nic.in. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ "Ranjit Sinha's statement on taking over as the new CBI Director". NDTV.com. 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ "Ranjit Sinha, Senior IPS Officer Took Over As CBI Director". Jagranjosh.com. Retrieved 2013-04-22.