The new chief of India’s premier police agency comes with a formidable reputation for integrity, uprightness and a steeled resolve to stand by principles of justice. These are essential traits to make a success of the coveted position, and those qualities will be put to the test almost immediately.

Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, appointed last week as the 33rd head of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), must expect a baptism by fire as he ascends the elite agency. The CBI is under administrative control of DOPT and is prone to act in a partisan manner at the bidding of those who wields power.

 

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