<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> On Monday, a high powered meeting was conducted at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence to select the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).</p> <p>Several officers of the 1985 and 1986 batches are in the race for the top post for a fixed term of two years. The meeting started around at 6 p.m. and lasted for over 90 minutes.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <span style="color: #f80707;"><a style="color: #f80707;" href="https://ift.tt/3ul2Hyl School Teacher Rajagopalan Arrested For Sexually Harassing Students</a></span></strong></p> <p>Aside from the PM, the Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, and the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury dicussed the names for the top CBI post. Currently, the CBI got an acting Director in the form of Praveen Sinha after the term of R.K. Shukla ended on February 3rd.&nbsp;</p> <p>Three top contenders according to PTI are - Director General CISF Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, SSB DG Kumar Rajesh Chandra and Special Secretary Home Ministry VSK Kaumudi. Uttar Pradesh DGP HC Awasthy, a 1985-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, was also under consideration.</p> <p><strong>Know the candidates better</strong></p> <p>Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, a 1985-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, is a former Maharashtra director general of police. He is at present the director general the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).<br /><br />Kumar Rajesh Chandra is too a 1985-batch IPS officer of the Bihar cadre, is at present posted as the director general of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).</p> <p>VSK Kaumudi who is of a 1986-batch IPS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, is posted as the special secretary for internal security in the Home Ministry.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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