Former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha Passes Away At 68 After Testing Positive For Covid 19

Sinha was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1974 batch. He had served as the director of the CBI from December 2012 to December 2014.

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Former CBI director Ranjit Sinha died here on Friday morning in what is believed to be a COVID-19 related death, senior officials said.

He was 68.

Sinha was an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1974 batch of the Bihar cadre. He had served as the director of the CBI from December 2012 to December 2014.

Senior officials told PTI that Sinha died in what is believed to be a COVID-19 related death. "It is understood that he was confirmed positive for coronavirus on Thursday night," the officials said.

Sinha, a 1974-batch officer of the Bihar cadre, had headed Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force, the Railway Protection Force, and served at senior positions in the Central Bureau of Investigation in Patna and Delhi before his appointment as CBI chief in 2012.

India on Friday reported 2,17,353 new Covid-19 cases and 1,185 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. A total of 1,18,302 people were discharged. The total number of cases recorded in India stand at 1,42,91,917, total recoveries are at 1,25,47,866, active cases at 15,69,743 and death toll is at 1,74,308. A total of 11,72,23,509 people have been vaccinated so far.