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Sinha was a Bihar cadre IPS (Indian Police Service) officer of the 1974 batch.<\/p>\n<p>He headed the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force, Railway Protection Force and held senior positions in the CBI before being appointed as the CBI chief in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>He was investigated for allegedly \u201cmisusing his power\u201d in an inquiry into a corruption case involving bribes for allocation of coal fields to private firms. Under the Supreme Court\u2019s direction, the CBI registered a case against its own former chief in 2017 to investigate the allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranjit Sinha (68), former chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) died early on Friday. He had tested positive for COVID. Sinha was a Bihar cadre IPS (Indian Police Service) officer of the 1974 batch. 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