Senior IPS officer Praveen Sinha appointed as Special Director of CBI

New Delhi, May 3

The Central Bureau (CBI) Additional Director Praveen Sinha has been appointed as Special Director of Central Bureau of Investigation.

The Appointments Committee of the cabinet appointed Praveen Sinha as the Special Director of CBI on the recommendations made by DoPT (Department of Personnel and Training).

The post was vacant for the last three years after former Special Director of CBI Rakesh Asthana was transferred to Bureau of Civil Aviation and Narcotics Control Bureau. Asthana is the present Commissioner of Delhi Police.

After former CBI chief Rishi Kumar Shukla retired, Praveen Sinha held the charge of acting director of agency till the time Subodh Jaiswal was appointed as CBI Director by the PM Modi-led high powered committee.

Praveen Sinha is a Gujarat-cadre IPS officer of 1988 batch.

Sinha has served in the agency as superintendent of police, deputy inspector general, joint director and additional director in two stints between 2000 and 2021.

Sinha has also served as the additional secretary in the anti-graft watchdog of the country, the Central Vigilance Commission, during 2015-18.

Sinha has served at various places in the state in various capacities from ASP to Additional DG. He has also worked as Deputy Director, ACB, Ahmedabad in 1996.
Praveen Sinha has been associated with the investigation of various Supreme Court/High Courts entrusted/monitored scams; major bank frauds and financial crimes, serial bomb blasts etc.