Who is Subodh Kumar Jaiswal?

Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, the new chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation, is a 1985-batch IPS officer and the current chief of Central Industrial Security Forces. The 58-year-old will have a two-year tenure as CBI chief as he retires in September 2022.

Jaiswal, who hails from Dhanbad in Jharkhand,  was born on September 22, 1962, and is an alumnus of the CMRI branch of the De Nobili School in Jharkhand. According to reports, he holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration. He is the recipient of the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service, 2009.

A major part of Jaiswal’s work life is associated with Maharashtra where he served in the ATS, as the Mumbai Commissioner of Police and the Maharashtra DGP.

Jaiswal has been associated with some of the most high-profile cases in India. As the head of Maharashtra State Reserve Police Force, Jaiswal had investigated the Telgi fake stamp paper scam. In the ATS, he was part of the investigation into the 2006 Malegaon blasts case.

Jaiswal was handpicked for the post of Mumbai Police chief by the previous BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis-led government. He then went on to become the Maharashtra DGP, and much-publicised cases such as the Elgar Parishad and Bhima Koregaon violence cases were investigated under his supervision before being transferred to the CBI.

After Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress took over in Maharashtra in 2019, Jaiswal reportedly had several run-ins with then Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh over police transfers. Jaiswal will now preside over the alleged corruption case against Deshmukh.

Amid the run-ins with the Maharashtra government, Jaiswal sought Central deputation and In January this year, he was named the CISF chief and moved to Delhi.