Fazil Mir
Srinagar, Aug 14 (NVI): The Central Government on Wednesday appointed acting Enforcement Directorate chief Rahul Navin as full-time director of the anti-money laundering agency for two years.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet confirmed his appointment as the new Director of Enforcement in the Directorate of Enforcement.
His appointment will take effect from the date he assumes charge of the position and will last for a period of two years or until further orders are issued.
Navin, 57, joined the ED in November 2019 as a Special Director. The 1993-batch IRS officer took charge as the acting director of the ED in September last year.
Navin’s tenure as the interim ED head saw the high-profile arrests of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren in separate money laundering cases.
The Centre appointed him as acting ED chief after the Supreme Court held the repeated extensions to Sanjay Kumar Mishra as the director of the probe agency ‘illegal’.
“The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Rahul Navin, IRS (IT:93074), Special Director, ED as Director of Enforcement in the Directorate of Enforcement for a period of two years with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or until further orders, whichever is earlier,” reads the order. (News Vibes of India)
