Career
Sood started his career from Mysore in Karnataka,his first posting as an IPS officer in 1989,as the Assistant Superintendent of Police. He served as Superintendent of Police of Bellary and of Raichur. [5] In 1999,he was appointed Police Advisor to the Government of Mauritius [6]
Later,from 2004 to 2007,Sood served as the Police Commissioner of Mysore. He became the Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) in Bengaluru in 2008 and served till 2011. In 2013,as Managing Director of the Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation,he was known to improving the turnover of KSPHC. [4]
Sood also served as the Principal Secretary (Home). He subsequently served as the Additional Director General of Police,Karnataka State Reserve Police and then as Additional Director General of Police,Administration. In 2017,he was appointed Commissioner of the Bangalore City Police. [7]
Promoted to the rank of Director General of Police,he served as DGP (Internal Security) and DGP (CID). [5] In 2020,Sood took over as the Director General and Inspector General of the Karnataka Police, [8] a position which he served till his appointment as the CBI director in 2023. [9]
Sood was due to retire in May 2025 after 2 years of service as CBI director but was granted an extension of 1 year in May of that year. [10] Sood visited Hyderabad in September 2025 and was soon hospitalised after a trip to the temple town of Srisailam. His condition was reported to be stable. [11]
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