Indian Police Service officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been appointed as Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a period of 2 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is a 1985-batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre, Jaiswal is currently the director general of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was previously the police commissioner of Mumbai, the largest city in India and the seventh most populous city in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jaiswal was with the Research and Analysis Wing (RA&W), India’s external intelligence agency for nine years, during which he served as the additional secretary of RA&W for three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jaiswal has also served in Intelligence Bureau and Maharashtra ATS Chief. He was the head of the Central Industrial Security Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Central Bureau of Investigation is the premier investigating agency of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CBI is operated under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (India).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was originally set up to investigate bribery and governmental corruption, in 1965 it received expanded jurisdiction to investigate breaches of central laws enforceable by the Government of India, multi-state organised crime, multi-agency or international cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The agency has been known to investigate several economic crimes, special crimes, cases of corruption and other cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CBI is exempted from the provisions of the Right to Information Act. CBI is India’s officially designated single point of contact for liaison with the Interpol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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