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Ranjit Sinha: Wading through controversies, ex-CBI chief had an illustrious career

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 4/17/2021 12:28:52 PM

New Delhi, Apr 16 Former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Ranjit Sinha lost his battle against Covid- 19 on Friday morning in Delhi. He was 68. Born in undivided Bihar, Ranjit Sinha joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1974, a year before Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in the country, and finished his police career as the head of the CBI in 2014, the year Narendra Modi became the prime minister. Between two defining episodes of Indian politics, Ranjit Sinha served in several positions and waded through many controversies during his 40-year-career. During the early part of his career, Ranjit Sinha served as the superintendent of police in Ranchi (then in Bihar, now Jharkhand capital), Madhubani and Saharsa. He earned a reputation with his adept handling of law and order situation including communal tension, crimes along international border, and naxal insurgency. Ranjit Sinha handled terrorism situation in Jammu and Kashmir in 2000s. He was the IG (Operations) in the Kashmir Valley in 2005, when India and Pakistan launched Srinagar- Muzaffarnagar bus service. By the time, Ranjit Sinha was appointed the CBI director in 2012.