CBI Director's Mid-Air Ouster: The Untold Story of Joginder Singh's Humiliating Transfer

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News18•07-02-2026, 07:59
CBI Director's Mid-Air Ouster: The Untold Story of Joginder Singh's Humiliating Transfer
- •IPS officer Joginder Singh, known as 'Tiger', was the 17th CBI Director who sent Lalu Yadav to jail.
- •His transfer order was issued while he was 30,000 feet in the air, returning from Paris to Delhi.
- •He was informed upon landing that he was no longer CBI Director, but Special Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
- •Singh defied political pressure to charge-sheet and arrest Lalu Yadav in the Fodder Scam, upsetting PM I.K. Gujral.
- •He also investigated Congress President Sitaram Kesri and pursued the Bofors case, leading to his removal.
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