Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood appointed as CBI Director

Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood appointed as CBI Director

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: May 16 2023

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Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) Praveen Sood was appointed the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on May 14.
The 59-year-old has been appointed to the post for a period of two years from the date of assuming charge after outgoing CBI chief Subodh Kumar Jaiswal completes his tenure on May 25.
Jaiswal took over as CBI director on May 26, 2021.
Sood joined the Indian Police Service in 1986 and served as assistant superintendent of police, Mysore, in 1989.
He also served as superintendent of police in Bellary and Raichur before being posted as deputy commissioner of police, law and order, in Bengaluru city.
Sood has also served as principal secretary in the Karnataka home department and DGP of the Criminal Investigation Department, economic offences and special units.
He was appointed as Karnataka DGP in 2020.

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