The Central government appointed a Telugu IPS officer as the new Director of prestigious Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Mannem Nageswara Rao has got this high-profile promotion from his present position of Joint Director, CBI. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre. He also worked as Additional Director General of Police (Railways), Orissa.

Nageswara Rao hails from Borenarsapur village in Warangal district. He was a post-graduate from Osmania University and did his research in Madras IIT. With this appointment, Centre has put at rest all controversies and allegations surrounding the CBI especially in the context of AP government alleging harassment by CBI and IT officials.

CBI president director Alok Varma and special director Rakesh Asthana have been asked by Centre to go on leave after they got serious differences leading to loss of image to CBI in recent months.