National Herald Case: ED’s interrogation of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is going on for the third consecutive day in the National Herald Case. According to media reports, after the interrogation that lasted for almost 11 hours on June 14, the Enforcement Directorate has asked Rahul Gandhi to join the interrogation process for the third day. Meanwhile, ED chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra is also in the news.
Service extension received in the year 2021
Director of Enforcement Directorate, Central Investigation Agency, Sanjay Kumar Mishra has been given an extension of service for his good work. He was due to retire from the ED on November 16, 2021. This is the first time in the history of ED that a director has got an additional extension after his tenure of service (two years), now he is about to complete the tenure of five years. The tenure of ED Director and CBI Director has been fixed for two years. But now it has been increased to five years.
Became the youngest IRS
ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra is a 1984 batch and Income Tax cadre officer. When Sanjay Kumar Mishra became an IRS officer, he was a very young officer in his batch. Sanjay Mishra, the country’s sharpest and economic expert, personally supervised many important and big cases during his tenure in the ED, which brought considerable success to the investigating agency. His colleagues also tell about him that he is an officer who comes to office for seven days. Those who take any investigation with utmost vigilance and with their colleagues, take it to the final end only after investigation.
Journey from IRS Officer to Secretary Level Officer
Sanjay Kumar Mishra, originally from Uttar Pradesh, investigated many high level cases in Income Tax brilliantly and took them to the final stage. For this reason, on November 19, 2018, his posting was done in the post of Principal Special Director in the ED. A few days later, a formal notification was issued appointing him as the ED director. Let us tell you that there are very few Income Tax officers who reach the post of Secretary level and Sanjay Kumar Mishra is Secretary level officer.
Extended tenure so that important investigations are not affected
Being the most important investigating agency of the country, the tenure of ED Director, CBI Director is two years, but the investigation of many big and important issues of investigation should not be affected, due to which this issue is being discussed for the last several years. Is. It was also being discussed in the court that the tenure of the director of CBI and ED should be at least five years, so in view of the seriousness of the issue, this law was made and it was sent to the President of the country in the year 2021. On which the permission has been given by putting the final seal on it.