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Rahul Navin
Navin in 2025
Director of Enforcement Directorate
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 August 2024
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded bySanjay Kumar Mishra
Acting Director of Enforcement Directorate
In office
2023–2024
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded bySanjay Kumar Mishra
Commissioner of Income Tax
In office
2017–2017
Appointed byCBDT
Personal details
Born (1967-07-03) 3 July 1967 (age 58)
Bihar, India
Alma mater(B.Tech) (M.Tech) IIT Kanpur
(MBA) Swinburne University of Technology
OccupationBureaucrat

Rahul Navin (born 3 July 1967[1]) is an Indian Revenue Service officer who has been the Director of Enforcement Directorate since August 2024.[2] He joined the revenue service in the 1993 batch from income Tax cadre.

Before that he served as acting director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) from 2023 to 2024. His tenure saw the multiple investigations and arrests of high profile people like Arvind Kejriwal, K Kavitha Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in 2024 and arrest of former UCO Bank chairman Subodh Kumar Goel in 2025.[3][4][5][6]

Early life and education

Rahul Navin was born on 3 July 1967 in India. He completed his Bachelor of Technology in 1990 and Master of Technology degree in 1993 both in Civil Engineering from IIT Kanpur. He has also completed his MBA from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia.[7][8]

Career

Civil Service

Navin joined Indian Revenue Service in 1993. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the Income Tax Department where he has served in numerous position such as Additional Course Director of the 63rd batch of the Indian Revenue Service.[9]

He then worked in International Taxation Wing from 2004 to 2008 the wing raised demands on several offshore transactions including one in Vodafone case.[10]

He then served as the Commissioner of Income Tax in 2017 before being appointed as Officer on Special Duty and Special Director in the Enforcement Directorate in November 2019. He has also served as Chief Vigilance Officer in the headquarters of ED after which the Government appointed him as acting director of ED due to abrupt end of Sanjay Kumar Mishra tenure after Supreme Court of India termed his extensions as illegal. In 2024 the Government appointed Navin as full director of ED for 2 years.[11][12]

Enforcement Directorate

As the Director of Enforcement Directorate Navin has been involved in several high profile investigations. Notable ones include the arrest of then sitting Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal and other politicians from his party including Manish Sisodia and the agency also arrested Kalvakuntla Kavitha daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao all of them were arrested in relation with Delhi Liquor Policy Case in 2024.[13]

In January 2024, the agency also arrested former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in relation with the cases of Money Laundering.[14]

Due to these investigations and arrests of several high profile politicians which coincided with 2024 Lok Sabha Election. The agency Enforcement Directorate led by Rahul Navin was accused by several opposition political parties of BJP for targeting their leaders before the incoming 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. [15]

Controversies

In February 2025, ED Director Navin was summoned by a Delhi Court due to the failure by agency to provide legible copies to accused in relation with ₹88 crore money laundering case that involves SEBI related cheating and Fraud matter.[16]

Books and Publications

As an IRS officer and expert in taxation Rahul Navin has authored one book.

  • Information Exchange and Tax Transparency - Tackling Global Tax Evasion and Avoidance. LexisNexis. 23 December 2016. ISBN 9350358891.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Indian Revenue Service officers Civil List" (PDF). Income Tax Gazetted Officers Association - West Bengal Unit. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Rahul Navin appointed ED Chief for 2 years". Times of India. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Arvind Kejriwal arrested: How 'South Group' is linked to Delhi CM, K Kavitha's arrest in liquor policy scam". Live Mint. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Hemant Soren: Jharkhand CM arrested in a corruption case". BBC. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Press Release" (PDF). Enforcement Directorate. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  6. ^ "ED attaches 106-crore assets of UCO Bank ex-CMD". The Indian Express. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Rahul Navin appointed ED Chief". IIT Kanpur Information outreach and media cell. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Acting Rahul Navin appointed as full". The Tribune. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Centre appoints Rahul Navin as acting director of ED". The Economic Times. 16 September 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Rahul Navin Rahul Navin acting ED Chief has been appointed for full time". NDTV. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  11. ^ "Centre appoints Rahul Navin as full time ed director". The Wire. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  12. ^ "IRS Rahul Navin appointed full director of ED". News18. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  13. ^ "Arvind Kejriwal: the Delhi chief minister jailed by Modi's government". The Guardian. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  14. ^ "Hemant Soren:Jharkhand CM arrested in a corruption case". BBC. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  15. ^ "India opposition accuses government of crackdown after minister's arrest". Reuters. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  16. ^ "ED director Rahul Navin summoned by Delhi court over failure to provide legible copies of documents to accused". Hindustan Times. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  17. ^ "Information Exchange and Tax Transparency - Tackling Global Tax Evasion and Avoidance". Amazon. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
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