The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on 19 January 2017 approved the appointment of Alok Kumar Verma as the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). 
●    Verma succeeded Anil Sinha, who retired from his office on 2 December 2016. 
●    Alok Kumar Verma, currently Delhi Police commissioner, is a 1979 batch Indian Police Service officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre. 
●    This appointment of Verma as the CBI director is his 24th posting in a 36-year long career as a police officer.
●    He had also served as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Puducherry and the Inspector General of Police in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
 

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