The newly-appointed CBI Chief Rishi Kumar Shukla took over the reins of the probe agency CBI on Monday. A 1983-batch IPS officer, Shukla has taken charge at a time when the agency is busy in a dirty battle of 'turf war' with the Kolkata Police which has spiralled into a political fightfest between the Centre and West Bengal Government.
The arrival of 58-year old Shukla who is a former DGP of the Madhya Pradesh Police and an Intelligence Bureau veteran, as a full-fledged director is expected to bring some sort of order in the agency as it moves to the Supreme Court to challenge the action of the West Bengal government in 'ponzi scam' cases.
CM Mamta Banerjee on Sunday, had started a 'dharna' protesting against the insults meted out to her by PM Narendra Modi and BJP Chief Amit Shah.