New Delhi: Former DGP Praveen Sood has taken over as the Director of CBI on Thursday. He was appointed director on 14 May. Sood, a 1986 batch IPS officer, will hold the post for two years. He is retiring in May 2024, but with this appointment, his tenure has been extended till May 2025.
Deputy CM Karnataka, Shivakumar had alleged that Sood registered 25 cases against Congress workers, but not a single case against BJP leaders. He also complained to the Election Commission and demanded the arrest of Praveen Sood. Shivakumar had said that if the Congress government is formed after the elections, strict action will be taken against Sood.
Praveen Sood is a resident of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. His father Om Prakash Sood was a clerk in the Delhi government, while mother Kamlesh Sood was a government school teacher in Delhi. Sood did his schooling from a government school in Delhi. After this he did B Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi. He became IPS in 1986 at the age of 22. He got Karnataka cadre. While in service, he completed MBA in Public Police Management from IIM Bangalore. In the initial phase of police service, he was SP in Bellary and Raichur. Apart from this, he was also DCP in Bangalore and Mysuru