Ranjit Sinha, senior IPS officer of 1974-batch Bihar cadre on 3 December 2012 acquired the office as new CBI director. He declared just after joining that he would give special emphasis to addressal of delays in execution of the Letters Rogatory as well as improvisation of forensic capabilities of CBI.

Ranjit Sinha, 59, who was holding the designation of director general Indo-Tibetan Border Police, succeeded A.P. Singh who retired from the CBI office on 30 November 2012. Sinha will have two-year duration as the CBI director. He had served in CBI agency initially as the DIG and joint director as well.

Sinha accepted that there were challenges which the agency needed to face and these included lack of proper manpower, Letters Rogatory execution delays as well as delays in the forensic field. During his tenure, he would try solving and addressing these issues.

Sinha accepted the prestigious designation with a greater sense of responsibility. He believed that the faith in CBI would be strengthened under his guidance and supervision.