Rohan Kumar, IRS-IT Officer, Appointed Deputy Director at Enforcement Directorate
IRS-IT officer Rohan Kumar has been appointed to the post of Deputy Director within the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on a deputation basis.
Rohan Kumar has been appointed Deputy Director of Enforcement at the Directorate of Enforcement, taking up the posting on a deputation basis from the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax).
The Enforcement Directorate draws a significant share of its investigating officers from the Indian Revenue Service, given the overlap between income tax investigation work and the financial forensics required for enforcement of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and the Foreign Exchange Management Act, the two principal statutes the agency administers. IRS-IT officers typically bring direct experience with financial record scrutiny, search and seizure operations, and asset-tracing methodology from their parent service, skills that transfer closely to ED's investigative mandate.
A Deputy Director-level posting at ED carries direct case-handling responsibility, including authorising searches, recording statements, and preparing prosecution complaints under PMLA, typically for a defined zone or a set of ongoing investigations assigned by the agency's regional or headquarters leadership. Officers at this level report to a Joint Director and form the operational core of ED's case teams.
ED has significantly expanded its case load in recent years, with a rising number of PMLA cases tied to financial fraud, shell company networks, and cross-border money laundering investigations, increasing demand for officers with tax and financial investigation backgrounds on deputation from IRS-IT and other central revenue services.
Deputation tenures at ED are typically fixed-term postings after which officers return to their parent service, a structure that has drawn periodic scrutiny given the agency's growing profile in high-visibility investigations, though the deputation and rotation system itself follows standard central government cadre-management rules applicable across enforcement and investigative agencies.
The appointment order was processed through the Department of Revenue in coordination with the Central Board of Direct Taxes, which administers deputation clearances for IRS-IT officers moving to ED.
