New Delhi: The 1988 batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer Praveen Sinha has taken over as the acting chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after the superannuation of incumbent Rishi Kumar Shukla. 

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 is the senior most officer in the agency after Shukla, who retired on Wednesday after a two year tenure in the agency.

The CBI director is selected by a committee comprising the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India. 

Sinha also served as the Additional Secretary in the anti-graft watchdog of the country, the Central Vigilance Commission during 2015-18. He has also worked as Deputy Director, ACB, Ahmedabad, in 1996. He has also been associated with the investigation of various Supreme Court/High Courts entrusted/monitored scams.

Sinha has the unique distinction of having drafted the manual of both the apex integrity institutions – Vigilance Manual 2017 of Central Vigilance Commission and CBI (Crime) Manual, 2020. /BI/