<p>Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, the chief of Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF), has been appointed the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a two-year period. The ex-Maharashtra police chief was picked for the top job out of a pool of three candidates shortlisted by a high-level panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</p>.<p>India’s premier law enforcement agency had been working without a regular director for more than three months after Rishi Kumar Shukla completed his two-year tenure on February 3.</p>.<p>Jaiswal has had a long and illustrious career across several of the country’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies.</p>.<p><strong>Mumbai top cop</strong></p>.<p>The 58-year-old Jaiswal belongs to the 1985 Indian Police Service (IPS) batch of the Maharashtra cadre.</p>.<p>In 2018, he was handpicked by then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to be the Mumbai police commissioner and went on to become the Maharashtra director-general of police (DGP) before seeking central deputation.</p>.<p>In December last year, Jaiswal took charge as director-general of the CISF.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/subodh-kumar-jaiswal-is-the-new-cbi-director-989990.html" target="_blank">Read | Subodh Kumar Jaiswal is the new CBI Director</a></strong></p>.<p><strong>Spying and intelligence</strong></p>.<p>Jaiswal has also held positions in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and worked with the country’s foreign intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) for nine years.</p>.<p><strong>Major cases and roles</strong></p>.<p>Jaiswal led the Maharashtra police’s 2003 investigation that probed Abdul Karim Telgi's multi-crore fake stamp paper scam that was later transferred to the CBI. He was also part of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad that investigated the 2006 Malegaon bombings.</p>.<p>Jaiswal worked with the Special Protection Group (SPG) that guarded former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.</p>.<p>He also oversaw the investigation of the Elgaar Parishad and Bhima Koregaon violence cases as Maharashtra DGP until they were transferred to the CBI in 2020.</p>.<p><strong>Run-ins with MVA government</strong></p>.<p>Towards the end of his tenure as Maharashtra DGP, Jaiswal reportedly had disagreements with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) state government over lobbying for posts by some senior police officials.</p>.<p>Jaiswal was also unhappy with some transfers of IPS officers and had even refused to sign on a transfer list put forward by the government before seeking central deputation last year.</p>
<p>Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, the chief of Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF), has been appointed the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a two-year period. The ex-Maharashtra police chief was picked for the top job out of a pool of three candidates shortlisted by a high-level panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.</p>.<p>India’s premier law enforcement agency had been working without a regular director for more than three months after Rishi Kumar Shukla completed his two-year tenure on February 3.</p>.<p>Jaiswal has had a long and illustrious career across several of the country’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies.</p>.<p><strong>Mumbai top cop</strong></p>.<p>The 58-year-old Jaiswal belongs to the 1985 Indian Police Service (IPS) batch of the Maharashtra cadre.</p>.<p>In 2018, he was handpicked by then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to be the Mumbai police commissioner and went on to become the Maharashtra director-general of police (DGP) before seeking central deputation.</p>.<p>In December last year, Jaiswal took charge as director-general of the CISF.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/subodh-kumar-jaiswal-is-the-new-cbi-director-989990.html" target="_blank">Read | Subodh Kumar Jaiswal is the new CBI Director</a></strong></p>.<p><strong>Spying and intelligence</strong></p>.<p>Jaiswal has also held positions in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and worked with the country’s foreign intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) for nine years.</p>.<p><strong>Major cases and roles</strong></p>.<p>Jaiswal led the Maharashtra police’s 2003 investigation that probed Abdul Karim Telgi's multi-crore fake stamp paper scam that was later transferred to the CBI. He was also part of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad that investigated the 2006 Malegaon bombings.</p>.<p>Jaiswal worked with the Special Protection Group (SPG) that guarded former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.</p>.<p>He also oversaw the investigation of the Elgaar Parishad and Bhima Koregaon violence cases as Maharashtra DGP until they were transferred to the CBI in 2020.</p>.<p><strong>Run-ins with MVA government</strong></p>.<p>Towards the end of his tenure as Maharashtra DGP, Jaiswal reportedly had disagreements with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) state government over lobbying for posts by some senior police officials.</p>.<p>Jaiswal was also unhappy with some transfers of IPS officers and had even refused to sign on a transfer list put forward by the government before seeking central deputation last year.</p>