Anil Sinha

Anil Sinha
Anil Kumar Sinha
Director Central Bureau of Investigation
In office
3 December 2014 (2014-12-03) – 2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)
Preceded byRanjit Sinha
Succeeded byAlok Verma
Personal details
Born (1956-01-16) 16 January 1956 (age 68)
Buxar, Bihar
Alma materHarvard University, JNU[1]
AwardsPolice medal for meritorious service in 2000 and the President's police medal for distinguished service in 2006.
Police career
Country India
Service years1979 - 2016
Rank1979: Appointed as an Indian Police Service officer
Batch1979
CadreBihar

Anil Sinha or Anil Kumar Sinha (born 16 January 1956)[2] is a Bihar Cadre Indian Police Service officer of the 1979 batch[3] and was the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation till 2 December 2016.[4] He had earlier served as DIG and IG in Special Protection Group, New Delhi, and Additional Secretary in Central Vigilance Commission.[5]

  1. ^ "Anil Sinha Named New CBI Director","Affairscloud" , 3 December 2014.
  2. ^ "PRESENT POSTING OF IPS OFFICERS AS ON 26-11-2014" (PDF). DEPARTMENT OF HOME, GOVT. OF BIHAR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Anil Sinha named CBI Director". IBNLive.in. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. ^ Langa, Mahesh. "Anil Sinha appointed new CBI director". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  5. ^ Prabhu, Sunil. "Anil Sinha Will be the New CBI Director". NDTV Convergence. Retrieved 2 December 2014.