Crucial appointments to the country’s top investigative agencies are on the cards. Several key posts are set to fall vacant in the next three months, requiring govt to appoint new heads at organisations such as Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Intelligence Bureau, CBI, and Delhi police. On the list of outgoing officers are Delhi top cop Sanjay Arora, IB chief Tapan Deka, and RAW secretary Ravi Sinha, all from 1988 batch, besides CBI chief Praveen Sood from the 1986 batch. However, the grapevine is that two of them, including Arora, could be given extensions. CBI chief Praveen Sood took charge in May 2023 and completes his stipulated two-year tenure in June. His replacement will be selected by a three-member panel comprising the PM as the chairperson, the LoP in LS, and Chief Justice of India or a SC judge nominated by him. Arora, appointed in July 2022, has completed two and a half years in his post. Deka, who replaced Arvind Kumar as IB chief in 2022, has already received an extension, in 2024.
