<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Wednesday appointed former Central Bureau of Investigation director R K Raghavan as India’s High Commissioner to Cyprus. </p>.<p>Raghavan headed the Special Investigation Team that probed the 2002 riots in Gujarat. His appointment as the envoy to Cyprus was announced by the Ministry of External Affairs in a press release issued on Wednesday.</p>.<p>He will succeed Ravi Banger, an officer of the Indian Foreign Service of the 1982 batch, who has been appointed as India’s envoy to Colombia. </p>.<p>Raghavan, an officer of Indian Police Service, headed the CBI from January 4 , 1999, to April 30, 2001. He was the chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed SIT to probe nine major cases related to the riots. The SIT gave Modi, who was then the chief minister of Gujarat, a clean chit in the Gulberg Society massacre case.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Wednesday appointed former Central Bureau of Investigation director R K Raghavan as India’s High Commissioner to Cyprus. </p>.<p>Raghavan headed the Special Investigation Team that probed the 2002 riots in Gujarat. His appointment as the envoy to Cyprus was announced by the Ministry of External Affairs in a press release issued on Wednesday.</p>.<p>He will succeed Ravi Banger, an officer of the Indian Foreign Service of the 1982 batch, who has been appointed as India’s envoy to Colombia. </p>.<p>Raghavan, an officer of Indian Police Service, headed the CBI from January 4 , 1999, to April 30, 2001. He was the chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed SIT to probe nine major cases related to the riots. The SIT gave Modi, who was then the chief minister of Gujarat, a clean chit in the Gulberg Society massacre case.</p>
