New Delhi, March 1 -- At least three Central Police Organisations (CPOs), including CBI and NCB, besides two Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) or paramilitary, CRPF and NSG, are headless in the face of absence of appointments of regular chiefs. These agencies are working with ad hoc chiefs.
While the post of Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is vacant since February 3 when the then incumbent RK Shukla retired from service after completion of the fixed two-year tenure, 1984-batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana is holding additional charge of the chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) after his appointment as Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) on August 17 last year.
The CBI is currently heade...