Sub-inspector rises to become CBI’s Joint Director

History was made at CBI after one of its officer,who joined the agency as sub-inspector,was promoted as a Joint Director,the first such incident in the 67 years of its existence.

History was made on Wednesday at CBI after one of its officer,who joined the agency as sub-inspector,was promoted as a Joint Director,the first such incident in the 67 years of its existence.

M Narayanan,who till Tuesday was DIG Special crimes Region (Delhi),was promoted as Joint Director in the Special Crime division.

Narayanan joined the agency 38 years ago as a Sub-Inspector after being inducted in the CBI cadre. He has worked in various capacities in CBI and was decorated with Police medal for Meritorious services in 1992 and President’s Police medal for Distinguished Service in 1999.

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Considered an ace detective,he has successfully solved high-profile cases like hijacking of Indian Airlines plane in 1999 to Kandahar (IC-814),assassination of former Army Chief Gen A S Vadiya,terrorism related cases in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir and investigating the rape allegations against controversial self-claimed godman of Dera Sacha Sauda Gurmeet Ram Rahim.

In the history of CBI,he is the only officer who could reach the level of Joint Director or Inspector General of Police from the rank of Sub-Inspector, a colleague of Narayanan said.

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