Former CBI director Joginder Singh passed away after prolonged illness.
His cremation is scheduled to take place on February 4 at 1 pm at the Lodhi Crematorium in New Delhi.
An IPS officer, Singh was the CBI director between 1996 and 1997.
He served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Sunil Healthcare Ltd. since January, 2000 and also served as the Director of Pamwi Tissues Ltd.
He investigated the Bofors and Bihar fodder scams.
The 1961 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre was chosen to head the premier investigative agency when H D Deve Gowda was the Prime Minister.
Singh, who joined Police Service at the age of 20, rose to take charge of CBI on July 31, 1996 when it was probing a large number of sensitive cases including Bofors, fodder scam, securities scam, the JMM MPs bribery scandal, Rs 133 crore urea scam, telecom deals by the then Union minister Sukh Ram, among others.
A prolific writer, Singh, penned over 25 books on various subjects after retiring from the service.
In the interview, he fondly admitted to being a "South Indian by adoption" (he had chosen chose Mysore Academy (now Karnataka cadre) while joining Police service in the 1960s.)
