Aruna Bahuguna In Race For CBI Top Job

New Delhi: Telangana cadre IPS officer Aruna Bahuguna is in the race for the directorship of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the country's premier investigating agency.

She is currently, the Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad. A three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet on Monday to decide on the chief for the CBI. The post of CBI director is lying vacant for over one month following Anil Sinha's retirement on December 2.

At present, Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana is serving as the interim director of the investigating agency. The selection committee has Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Chief Justice of India or his nominee as its other members.

A list of about 45 eligible IPS officers has been sent to the Prime Minister's Office for consideration as next CBI director. The name of senior IPS officers Krishna Choudhary and S C Mathur, among others are doing the rounds as strong contenders for the top post. Choudhary and Bahuguna are 1979 batch IPS officers. Chaudhary is currenlty serving as Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force. Mathur, a 1981 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre, is working with Maharashtra State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation Ltd.

PTI