Rakesh Asthana has been appointed as the interim CBI  Director. Rakesh Asthana was born on 9th March 1961 is  IPS officer of the  1984 batch of  Gujrat cadre. It is the first  time in last 10 years that no new CBI chief has been named  to succeed the current chief.

 He was directly selected by the Prime Minister, He has contributed too much of his life in so many posts and that’s the reason he has now been  appointed as the CBI director. He has also served as Police Commissioner in Vadodara and Surat.