Rupak Kumar Dutta, a 1981 batch IPS officer from the Karnataka cadre and Presently serving as Addl Director in Central Bureau of Investigation of India (CBI) has taken charge of 2G scam, A day after CBI director Ranjit Sinha recused himself from the investigation and prosecution of the 2G spectrum allocation case following a Supreme Court order, Additional Director R.K. Dutta Friday took charge of the probe.
Dutta is the overall incharge of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the agency which is probing the 2G cases. The CBI sources said initially it was not clear whether Special Director Anil Sinha, second-in-command after the CBI director, will oversee the probe or Dutta who is incharge of ACB will lead the investigation. They said it was decided as per the order of Supreme Court, the person heading the investigation team should be put in charge of the 2G cases.
