Former CBI director Ranjit Sinha passes away

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

He was 68. It is understood that he was confirmed positive for coronavirus on Thursday night and breathed his last at 4.30am yesterday, the officials said.

Sinha, a 1974-batch officer of the Bihar cadre and who had cracked the coveted UPSC examination at the age of 21, had taken over as the CBI chief in 2012. He had previously headed the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force, the Railway Protection Force and served at senior positions in the CBI in Patna and Delhi during his fourdecade-long career in police service.