NEW DELHI: Former MP DGP Rishi Kumar Shukla was appointed as the next CBI director on Saturday.

Ignoring the objections raised by Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection committee, on the names of probable contenders proposed by the government, the Centre zeroed down on Shukla, a 1983 batch officer.

His appointment came after the high-level selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met twice in the last nine days to select the name from a list of over 70 candidates for the investigating agency's top job.