Former NIA Chief Sharad Kumar Is Vigilance Commissioner In CVC 

10 Jun, 2018 18:03 IST|Sakshi
Former NIA chief Sharad Kumar

New Delhi: Former NIA chief Sharad Kumar was today appointed vigilance commissioner in the probity watchdog CVC, officials said.

The 62-year-old Kumar, a 1979-batch IPS officer of the Haryana cadre, retired in September last year after heading the National Investigation Agency, an anti-terror probe organisation, for over four years.

According to an official order, Kumar has been appointed vigilance commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission for a term of four years or till he attains the age of 65. The post was lying vacant since February.

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According to the rules, Kumar's tenure will come to an end in October 2020. The Commission comprises central vigilance commissioner and two vigilance commissioners.

At present, K V Chowdary is the CVC and T M Bhasin is the other vigilance commissioner. (PTI)

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