Anil Sinha | |
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![]() Anil Kumar Sinha | |
Director Central Bureau of Investigation | |
In office 3 December 2014 –2 December 2016 | |
Preceded by | Ranjit Sinha |
Succeeded by | Alok Verma |
Personal details | |
Born | Buxar,Bihar | 16 January 1956
Alma mater | Harvard University,JNU [1] |
Awards | Police medal for meritorious service in 2000 and the President's police medal for distinguished service in 2006. |
Police career | |
Country | ![]() |
Service years | 1979 - 2016 |
Rank | 1979:Appointed as an Indian Police Service officer |
Batch | 1979 |
Cadre | Bihar |
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]
Anil Sinha possesses a post-graduate degree in psychology and an MPhil degree in strategic studies. He is an alumnus of the Kennedy School of Government,Harvard University. He also attended the National Defence College,India. [6]
Anil Sinha held several positions in his State cadre in Vigilance &Anti-Corruption,Administration,Special Branch &other Divisions as SP,DIG,IG &ADG. He has served as Additional Director-General of Police (Law &Order) and thereafter as Additional DG,he also headed the Vigilance Investigation Bureau. He has been associated with the investigations of a number of sensitive cases,including a large number of trap cases and Disproportionate Assets Cases against corrupt public servants. [7]
He had received the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 2000 and the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 2006. [8]