MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed Ajit Singh as its new Anti-Corruption Unit head in place of former Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar, who has been retained as advisor till May 31.
Singh will take charge of the office ahead of 2018 season of IPL and he will be based out of BCCI headquarters at Cricket Centre, Mumbai.
Singh’s appointment was made official Saturday despite acting BCCI secretary Amitabh Chaudhary refusing to sign the contract letter.
Singh’s appointment comes in the backdrop of the two-member Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Admnistrators rejecting Chaudhary’s proposal to give general manager (Administration) Prof Ratnakar Shetty an extension.
A 1982 – Rajasthan cadre IPS officer, Singh retired as director general of Police, Rajasthan on November 30, 2017.
Having served the Indian Police Service for around 36 years, Mr Singh comes with a wealth of experience in anti-corruption operations, investigative work and field policing. Mr Singh also headed the anti-corruption bureau of Rajasthan for four years, a BCCI statement reads.
