New Delhi. The selection committee met on Monday to consider the name of the new director of the Central Investigation Agency CBI. Chief Justice of Supreme Court Sanjeev Khanna and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi attended this meeting chaired by the Prime Minister. The current CBI director Praveen Sood will retire on 25 May. Sood, a resident of Himachal Pradesh, is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre. He held the post of CBI chief on 25 May 2023.
The meeting of the selection committee was held at the official residence of the Prime Minister. It is being told that the meeting started at seven o’clock, which lasted till seven and a half hours. According to informed sources, the names of some senior police officers were considered, but no name could be agreed. It is being told that in the event of not agreed, the current director Praveen Sood can get one year expansion.