Former state DGP Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, who took charge as the CBI chief on Wednesday, is the third IPS officer from Maharashtra cadre to be heading the premier investigating agency. In 1985, 1952-batch IPS officer Mohan Katre had become the CBI director when Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister. As DGP, Jaiswal had expressed unhappiness over the “intense lobbying” by IPS officers with Deshmukh for postings. Another former IPS officer and a batchmate of Jaiswal, Y P Singh, described him as “honest and an absolute professional”. After early investigations immediately after being given the charge of the case, CBI seems to have pushed it to the back burner and has remained tight lipped about its own findings as to the cause of the actor’s death.

Source: Indian Express May 26, 2021 21:00 UTC