In a sudden move , the Prime Minister-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has ‘curtailed the tenure’ of Central Bureau of Investigation Additional Director M Nageswar Rao and transferred him to the home ministry as Director General Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guard.

An official order said that Rao, a 1986-batch Indian Police Service officer from Odisha cadre, has been appointed Director General of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guard by ‘temporarily downgrading the post’ to the level of additional director general.

“Upon the curtailment of tenure of M Nageswar Rao IPS (OD: 1986), Additional Director, CBI by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet and placing of his services with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the competent authority has approved his appointment as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guard by temporarily downgrading to the level of Additional Director General (level-15 of Pay Matrix), for a combined tenure upto his superannuation on July 31, 2020 or until further orders, whichever is earlier,” it said.