Bhubaneswar: M Nageshwar Rao, an Odisha cadre IPS officer was on Wednesday appointed as interim  Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

According to reports, Rao was given the charge following  the incumbent Director Alok Burma and Special Director Rajesh Asthan were sent on leave from today. Earlier to his new job , Rao was serving as Joint Director of the CBI.

Reports said Burma and Asthan were are now facing corruption charges.