02 June,2011 08:40 AM IST | | IANS
Yogendra Pal Singh, former joint director of India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has replaced Ravi Sawani as the head of the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was announced here yesterday.
The 55-year-old Singh takes over from another former CBI officer, Sawani, who is retiring from that full-time post after holding it since November 2007.
Singh comes to the role with outstanding credentials, having served for 30 years in the Indian Police Service, including several years with the CBI, and was an investigator in India's high profile 2G spectrum allocation case.
Singh withdrew from the investigations in February, seeking voluntary retirement from the CBI. ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat welcomed Singh's appointment. "I would like to pay tribute to the work of Ravi Sawani.
He has been outstanding in the role. We are fortunate to have a person of YP's outstanding credentials and experience to take over and I am sure he will continue the good work of ACSU," Lorgat said.
